Landslide in China leaves 4 dead, 44 missing:

Landslide in China leaves 4 dead, 44 missing:

China often experience devastating summer floods, but this year has been the worst in a decade and whole villages have been razed in the northeast and northwest. The storms have left hundreds dead and billions of dollars in damage.

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Landslide in China leaves 4 dead, 44 missing:

Rescuers searched on Thursday to 44 missing after a landslide crashed on a village in southern China, killing at least four people.

The crews rescued 23 people who had been buried under rubble in the town of Wama, in the southwestern province of Yunnan, after precipitation on Wednesday night, the official Xinhua news agency.

Rescue efforts could be affected in a time when the Central Meteorological Station during heavy rain expected over the weekend.

China often experience devastating summer floods, but this year has been the worst in a decade and whole villages have been razed in the northeast and northwest. The storms have left hundreds dead and billions of dollars in damage.

Xinhua reported Tuesday night that the death toll from floods has risen to 3,185, more than a thousand missing.