Chinese state media reported that six people have died and 21 remain missing after a landslide hit a village in southwestern China.
The official Xinhua News Agency said 77 houses collapsed or were buried in the Wednesday night landslide in the village of Yingping in Guizhou province.
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Xinhua says another 21 people were injured in the landslide.
State television network CCTV said Thursday that a small reservoir was breached during the landslide, and the flooding caused further damage to the village.
The channel showed dozens of rescuers combing a wide site covered in dried mud.
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