Six dead in east China landslide

HANGZHOU - The landslide in East China's Zhejiang province early Sunday has caused six people dead as bodies of the six missing people had been recovered, local authorities said Monday.

The rain-triggered landslide engulfed three houses in a village in the suburbs of Jiande city shortly after Saturday midnight, burying six residents.

Rescuers pulled three bodies out of the debris on Sunday afternoon and the rest three on Monday morning, the city government said in a press release. All the bodies had no life signs, it added.

The landslide was caused by heavy rain in Jiande on Saturday night.

China's meteorological authority has forecast more heavy rain in the southern and eastern regions, and advised the public to stay alert.