The landslide in southwestern China's mountainous Yunnan province early Monday buried dozens and forced the evacuation of hundreds (Yue Yuewei/Xinhua via AP)BEIJING -- The bodies of the remaining victims of a landslide in southwestern China were recovered Thursday, bringing the death toll to 44 after four days of searching through the rubble of dirt and crumbled homes, state media said. The landslide slammed into houses at the foot of a slope early Monday morning in Liangshui, a village in a remote and mountainous part of Yunnan province. A preliminary investigation found that the landslide had been triggered by the collapse of a steep clifftop area, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. A strong earthquake also struck western China this week, killing three people in the Xinjiang region in the northwest. In another tragedy, a fire in a commercial building in southeastern China’s Jiangxi province killed at least 39 people on Wednesday.

Source: ABC News January 26, 2024 03:42 UTC