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Landslide kills seven in E China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-06-13 08:47

FUZHOU - A landslide triggered by the tropical storm Sarika killed seven people in East China's Fujian province Sunday, local authorities said early Monday.

The accident happened at 10:30 am Sunday in Kanshi town in Yongding county in Longyan city of Fujian, when more than 100 cubic meters of landslide buried seven employees of China Communications Construction Company Ltd and their family members in a rent house, said an official of the county's government.

Seven bodies were found at 3:35 pm, after four hours of searching, the official said.

Sarika, this year's third tropical storm, weakened to tropical low pressure after landing in South China early Saturday. The storm had brought 226 millimeters of heavy rains to Kanshi town from 8 am Saturday to 5 pm Sunday, according to the county's meteorological bureau.