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6 missing following mudflow in SW China

Xinhua | Updated: 2022-04-02 11:35

Aerial view captured using a drone shows the mudflow near a highway maintenance station, Drung-Nu autonomous county of Gongshan, Southwest China's Yunnan province, April 2, 2022. [Screen grab/CCTV News app]

KUNMING -- Six people went missing following a mudflow near a highway maintenance station in Southwest China's Yunnan province on Saturday morning, local authorities said.

The accident took place at around 1:00 am Saturday in Drung-Nu autonomous county of Gongshan after continuous rain hit the area, burying two auto repair sites and one scrap metal recycling facility, said a statement from the information office of the county government.

Search and rescue operations are on, and nearby residents have been evacuated to safety.

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