Death toll rises to 20 in Shanxi landslide
By Wang Keju | Updated: 2019-03-21 20:13
The body of last missing person was discovered under rubble after a landslide toppled residential buildings in Shanxi province, making the death toll rise to 20, according to local authority on Thursday.
Thirteen survivors were sent to hospital and four of the injured were discharged after treatment, the authority said.
The landslide occurred at around 6 pm on Friday in Linfen's Xiangning county.
Two residential buildings, a makeshift house and a public bathhouse were toppled. Of the 79 people in the area when the landslide occurred, 46 made their way out of the danger zone by themselves.
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