At least eight people died and 40 were missing after rain-triggered landslides struck a community in southwestern China, state media reported on Thursday.
A Chinese man walks along a flooded street in Shenyang, in northeast China's Yunnan province on August 22. At least eight people died and 40 were missing after rain-triggered landslides struck a community in southwestern China, state media has reported.
The landslides swept through a mountain village near the city of Baoshan in a rugged region of Yunnan province, Xinhua news agency said.
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