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Twenty-five bodies found after China landslide

Twenty-five people have been killed in a landslide that buried homes in eastern China and 25 people are still missing.

Rescuers search for victims following a landslide in Lishui in east China's Zhejiang province, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. (AP)
Rescuers search for victims following a landslide in Lishui in east China's Zhejiang province, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. (AP) Source: AP

The death toll from a landslide that buried homes in eastern China has risen to 25, with 12 others still missing.

A torrent of mud and rocks unleashed by heavy rains buried nearly 30 homes in a village in Zhejiang province on Friday night.

The Lishui city government, which administers Lidong village, where the landslide happened, said 25 bodies had been found as well as one survivor.


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