Massive landslide buries dozens of buildings in China
At least 91 people were missing a day after a massive landslide buried dozens of buildings when it swept through an industrial park in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. (Photo: AP)- Ren Jiguang, the deputy chief of Shenzhen's public security bureau, told CCTV that most people had been moved to safety before the landslide hit. (Photo: AP)
- State broadcaster China Central Television, or CCTV, said that there was a residential area next to the industrial zone, and that the buildings buried included two workers' dormitories. (Photo: AP)
- Cars clog a main road during peak hour in Beijing. On the streets of the city centre, cars were moving with ease as the measures came into effect. (Photo: AP)
- Xinhua said an area of more than 60,000 square meters (650,000 square feet) was covered with up to 6 meters (20 feet) of mud, according to geological experts at the site. (Photo: AP)
- Li Yikang, the deputy secretary general of the Shenzhen city government said that nearly 1,500 people were involved in rescue efforts. (Photo: AP)
- State media carried photos of what looked like at least one five-story building leaning over and partly crumpled in the industrial park, and a sea of brown soil covering a vast area around it. (Photo: AP)
- Xinhua said that 59 men and 32 women were missing in the landslide. (Photo: AP)
- A man with a mask looks on as a child gets off a donkey cart in smog-hit Beijing. The notice from the capital's environmental bureau ordered factories to close and pulled half of all private cars off the streets. (Photo: AP)
- People look as rescuers searching for survivors on a collapsed buildings. (Photo: AP)
At least 91 people were missing a day after a massive landslide buried dozens of buildings when it swept through an industrial park in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. (Photo: AP)
Massive landslide buries dozens of buildings in China
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