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41 missing as landslide hit hydropower station in SE China

(Xinhua) Updated: 2016-05-09 07:43 Comments

41 missing as landslide hit hydropower station in SE China

Rescuers search for signs of life at the landslide site in Taining County, East China's Fujian Province, May 8, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]

Torrential rainfall hit much of eastern and southern China over the weekend.

China is poised for a major flood year. The world's largest hydropower project, Three Gorges Reservoir, on China's longest river, the Yangtze,recorded inflow of 17,800 cubic meters per second on Sunday, the highest since 1992.

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