4 dead, 53 missing in China landslide

September 24th, 2009 4 killed, 1 missing in Turkish floodsANKARA, Turkey — The state-run news agency says heavy rains in northeast Turkey have triggered floods and a landslide that killed 4 people. One person is reported missing.

September 17th, 2009 China reports 9 dead, 9 missing from typhoonBEIJING — Chinese state media say nine people have been killed and nine others are missing after Typhoon Koppu roared into the southern province of Guangdong. The Xinhua News Agency said in a brief report Thursday that the deaths were caused by landslides, collapsed homes and flooding caused by torrential rains.

September 1st, 2009 KATHMANDU - At least 14 people were missing and presumed dead after a landslide hit a remote village in western Nepal, police said Tuesday. The landslide hit the village of Jaleswor in Khotang district, about 120 km east of Kathmandu, early Tuesday.

August 25th, 2009 11 miners dead in northern China mine blastBEIJING — A gas blast in a coal mine in northern China killed 11 and left three miners missing, state media reported. The explosion ripped through a mine shaft in Jinzhong city in Shanxi province on Monday morning, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

July 27th, 2009 Report: 22 die in flooding in southwestern ChinaBEIJING — Heavy flooding hit China's southwestern Sichuan province, leaving at least 22 dead and another seven missing, state media said Monday. The official Xinhua News Agency said rainstorms pummeled a mountainous area in Panzhihua city late Sunday and early Monday.

July 23rd, 2009 China media say 4 dead, 53 missing in landslideBEIJING — A landslide triggered by heavy rain hit a county in southwestern China's Sichuan province early Thursday, killing at least four people and leaving 53 others missing, state media said. The official Xinhua News Agency said the Ministry of Civil Affairs confirmed four people were killed and 53 others were missing in Kangding county, but gave no additional details.

July 23rd, 2009 China media says at least 53 missing in landslideBEIJING — Chinese state media says at least 53 people are missing after a landslide hit a county in Sichuan province in the country's southwest. The official Xinhua News Agency said Thursday that the landslide was triggered by heavy rain in Kangding county.

July 23rd, 2009 China media say 4 dead, 50 missing in landslideBEIJING — A landslide triggered by heavy rain hit a county in southwestern China's Sichuan province early Thursday, killing at least four people and leaving 50 others missing, state media said. The dead were employees of an engineering company who were working on a hydropower project in Sichuan's Kangding county where the landslide occurred, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

June 9th, 2009 CHONGQING - The toll in a landslide in southwest China last week has risen to nine after rescuers recovered two more bodies as search for 63 other missing people continues. Nine people were killed and eight others injured following the landslide last Friday.

June 6th, 2009 Landslide in Chinese mining region buries 78BEIJING — Rescuers searched for 78 missing people Saturday after a landslide buried an iron ore plant and several homes in a valley in southwestern China. Seven people were rescued, three of which were seriously injured, said an official with the propaganda office in the city of Chongqing, who would only give her surname, Zhu.

June 6th, 2009 Report: 26 people dead in China from landslideBEIJING — China's state television says 26 people have died in a landslide that buried an iron ore plant and several homes in a valley in southwestern China. CCTV said Saturday that seven people have been rescued, three of which were seriously injured but in a stable condition in the hospital.

June 6th, 2009 Report: 26 people killed in China landslideBEIJING — A landslide buried an iron ore plant and several homes, killing at least 26 people and leaving dozens missing in a valley in southwestern China, state television said Saturday. CCTV reported that 19 miners and seven staff from a mobile phone company were killed in the landslide Friday in Wulong county, about 90 miles (150 kilometers) from Chongqing city.

June 6th, 2009 Report: 26 people killed in China from landslideBEIJING — A landslide buried an iron ore plant and several homes killing 26 people and leaving dozens missing in a valley in southwestern, state television said Saturday. CCTV reported that 19 miners and seven staff from a mobile phone company were killed in the landslide Friday in Wulong county, about 90 miles (150 kilometers) from Chongqing city.

June 5th, 2009 CHONGQING - Three people were rescued while 56 others remained buried under rocks Friday following a landslide in a mining area in southwest China. The landslide occurred at about 3 p.m.

January 31st, 2009 KUNMING - One person was confirmed dead and 11 were missing when a ship capsized in a river on China-Myanmar border Saturday afternoon, officials in southwest China's Yunnan province said. The accident happened at around 3.30 p.m.