Overview
- A mountainside collapsed after heavy rain, sending rock and debris into a cluster of riverside homes and businesses and causing multiple buildings to collapse.
- Authorities updated the official toll to 11 dead, about 50 still missing and 10 injured and said specialised teams are continuing recovery operations.
- Rescue crews have struggled with a huge volume of material, very large fallen boulders and narrow working space, which has forced the use of controlled blasting and heavy equipment.
- Local and national emergency teams were mobilised and officials have allocated emergency funds and ordered investigations into the cause and response to the collapse.
- The incident underlines seasonal landslide risks in China’s mountainous regions and echoes past deadly collapses such as the 2015 Shenzhen debris collapse that killed more than 70 people.