A landslide in Southern China has left 47 people unaccounted for. Photo: Handout
BEIJING: A landslide in a city in the northeast of China's Yunnan province has left at least 47 people unaccounted for and rescue operations were currently underway, Chinese state media said on Monday.
At about 5:51 a.m. (2151 GMT), a landslide hit the city of Zhaotong and local government officials launched a disaster relief emergency response, the People's Daily reported.
More than 500 people have been evacuated. It's not clear what caused the landslide.
Yunnan, in southwest China, is among several provinces in the country's southern region currently experiencing a cold wave and bitter temperatures near or below freezing, according to the National Meteorological Centre.
Source: Reuters
西南山體滑坡造成47人失踪
路透北京1月22日 - 中國官方媒體週一稱，中國雲南省東北部一座城市發生山體滑坡，造成至少47人下落不明，救援行動正在進行中。
根據《人民日報》報道，凌晨 5 點 51 分（格林威治標準時間 2151）左右，昭通市發生山崩，當地政府官員啟動救災緊急應變。
超過500人已疏散。 目前尚不清楚山體滑坡的原因。
據國家氣像中心稱，位於中國西南部的雲南是該國南部地區目前正在經歷寒流和接近冰點或零下以下嚴酷氣溫的幾個省份之一。
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