lanslide
A rain-triggered landslide occurred on Thursday night in a village in Dayao County, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Yunnan Province.

Up to 10:00 Friday, the landslide has torn down the buildings of the village committee, a village clinic, a primary school and 44 other residences. The road surface of a highway sank more than eight meters and the traffic has been blocked.

Thanks to timely evacuation, all the 158 villagers from the 44 families and 59 teachers and students from the primary school have been guided to safety and properly settled.

The local government immediately sent rescue teams and relief supplies to the site for disaster-relief work. The landslide mass is under 24-hour monitoring while geologists are working at the site.

A medical team has arrived at the shelters for medical treatment and epidemic prevention. Construction workers are busy repairing damaged road at present.