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Six people were found alive and injuries were reported from yesterday’s landslide, officials in Hubei province said in a post on the province’s WeChat account, adding they were trying to prevent other disasters in the area as operations continued.
China’s ministry of emergency management activated a Level 4 emergency response and sent a working group to the site to guide emergency handling, according to a WeChat post.
The minister of emergency management urged authorities to find out what caused the landslide.
Torrential rains in parts of China over several weeks have led to a number of deadly landslides.
Last month in Sichuan province, 19 people were killed in a landslide at a mine, and four died when heavy rainfall in a short period caused landslides.
China’s government has issued advisories about rain and other natural disasters for local governments to stay alert and respond quickly.
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