The efforts in the rescue continue to find at least 28 missing people as the landslide buries almost a dozen homes.
Rescuers in South China are looking for dozens of people who disappeared after the landslide passed through the village, killing at least one person, according to the Chinese state media.
Landslide, triggered by heavy rainfall, took place in the village of Jingping In the town of Yibin, in the Chinese Province of Sichuan on Saturday morning.
He left 28 people without an account and buried 10 houses, according to the CCTV state television guide.
Nearly 1,000 staff, including armed police, firefighters and medical experts, continued on Sunday of rescue operations, after President XI Jinping ordered the authorities to do everything that is possible to “minimize the victims and properly process the consequences.”
Some police officers were going through the remains of the demolished buildings, using unmanned aircraft and radars to find life to find any signs of life with the help of local officials who were familiar with the area, said CCTV State Emiter.
They saved two injured victims and evacuated about 360 other people, CCTV reported.
At a press conference on Sunday, the authorities stated that preliminary estimates were attributed to the disaster with recent heavy rainfall and local geological conditions. They said these factors transformed the landslide into a fragile flow, resulting in a sharp buildup that extended about 1.2 km (more than half a mile), with a total volume of more than 100,000 cubic meters (3.5 million cubic feet).
“A preliminary study shows that this disaster happened due to the influence of recent extended rains and geological factors,” CCTV said, citing local authorities.
Chinese Vice President Liu Guozhong was in place to conduct a rescue operation and visit the affected residents. He urged the authorities to try to look for missing people, according to the official news agency Xinhua.
Liu also noted that the surrounding slopes still represent the risks of collapse, calling for a scientific assessment to ensure the safety of surgery and prevent another disaster, Xinhua said.
China has allocated 80 million yuan (about $ 11 million) to support disaster and recovery.
Landscapes, often caused by rain or insecure construction work, are not uncommon in China. Last year, a landslide in a remote, mountainous part of the Chinese southwestern Province of Yunnan killed dozens of people.
