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More Than 140 May Be Buried After Landslide In Southwest China

Chinese state news says 141 people are missing, according to the provincial government, after a landslide of mud, rocks and boulders buried the town of Xinmo in Sichuan province.
Chinese military police and rescue workers at the site of a landslide in in Xinmo village, Sichuan province on Saturday. / STR / Getty Images

More than 140 people may be buried after a landslide in the town of Xinmo in southwest China Saturday.

Local officials are estimating 46 homes were buried

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