Rescue workers in China pulled more bodies out of piles of rock and mud on Sunday as they searched for 93 people still missing a day after a landslide buried a mountain village, with hopes fading of finding survivors. Geological experts said that chances of survival for the missing were slim, state-owned Xinhua news agency reported. At risk from more landslides in the area, a massive rescue effort involving more than 3,000 rescue workers was underway, Xinhua reported. State broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) showed images of industrial excavators removingrubble from a hillside along with workers in hard hats. Reports of the landslide remained largely absent from wider Chinese media apart from Xinhua, CCTV and party mouthpiece People’s Daily.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 25, 2017 08:37 UTC