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       Landslide in Southern China Buries Dozens and Sends Hundreds Fleeing

       At least two people had died, and another 45 were missing, state media reported.

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       Landslide in China Wipes Out Fields and Houses

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       Footage from China Central Television, a state media outlet, showed a landslide that flowed down a snowy mountain in Yunnan Province. CreditCredit...China Central Television

       By Vivian Wang

       Reporting from Beijing

       Jan. 22, 2024Updated 2:14 a.m. ET

       A landslide in southwestern China’s Yunnan Province on Monday left at least two people dead and another 45 people buried, according to Chinese state media, as a cold wave blanketed much of the country.

       State media said that more than 500 people had been evacuated. Aerial footage of the disaster site from the state broadcaster, China Central Television, showed a dark, gaping furrow gouged out of a snowy mountainside, which had carved through wide swaths of terraced fields and into a cluster of low houses.

       The landslide occurred just before 6 a.m. on Monday, hitting two small villages in the northernmost part of the province, near the borders with Sichuan and Guizhou Provinces. The villages, Hexing and Heping, are sparsely populated, in a mountainous area that was once one of the poorest parts of China.

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       Vivian Wang is a China correspondent based in Beijing, where she writes about how the country’s global rise and ambitions are shaping the daily lives of its people. More about Vivian Wang

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