At least 150 people have been buried or trapped in a landslide triggered by heavy rain in southwest China on Monday, state media reported.
The incident took place in the village of Dazhai in Guizhou province, the Xinhua news agency reported.
Calls to local authorities were not immediately answered.
Rescue work was under way, the agency said, citing a statement from local authorities. The number of casualties was not immediately known.
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Parts of eastern, central and southern China have been doused with torrential rain for days. On Sunday, authorities said nearly 69 million people had been affected.
So far this month, at least 235 people have died and more than 100 others have gone missing in flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rains, according to China's civil affairs ministry.
The floods are among the worst in the southern part of the country since 1998, when more than 3,600 people were killed and more than 20 million displaced, Xinhua said.
