Photo taken on June 24, 2017 shows the accident site after a landslide occurred in Xinmo Village of Maoxian County, Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province. The landslide on Saturday morning smashed some 40 homes, where about 100 people are feared to be buried. (Xinhua)
CHENGDU, June 24 (Xinhua) -- A landslide that occurred in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Saturday morning smashed some 40 homes, where about 100 people are feared to be buried, according to sources with the authorities in Maoxian County.
The landslide from a high part of a mountain in Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Aba fell to Xinmo Village at about 6 a.m., blocking a 2-km section of a river course.
Rescue is underway.
