Picture shows the aftermath of landslide in China on May 8, 2016.
PHOTO: TWITTER @euronews
BEIJING: More than 400 rescuers were mobilised to search for 41 people missing after a landslide engulfed workers at a construction site in southeastern China early Sunday, state media reported.
A torrent of mud buried a temporary shed used by workers building a power plant in Taining County in Fujian province, the official Xinhua news agency said.
China: workers missing after landslide hits power station construction site https://t.co/S0lQVCcYYH pic.twitter.com/DUWh5TtzMD
— euronews (@euronews) May 8, 2016
The earth was dislodged by heavy rain, it added.
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Xinhua earlier said 34 were missing, and reported President Xi Jinping had urged "maximum efforts" to find survivors.
Deadly landslides are common in China.
Video: 35 people missing after a landslide hit Fujian, SE China.https://t.co/WIJlNxSAj8
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) May 8, 2016
A landslide in the southern commercial hub of Shenzhen in December, caused by the improper storage of waste, killed at least 58 people, with some 25 still unaccounted for.
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