China landslide death toll rises to at least 12

State media say the death toll in a landslide that swamped a makeshift dormitory at a quarry in southern China has risen to 12 with 10 others presumed dead.

State media say the death toll in a landslide that swamped a makeshift dormitory at a quarry in southern China has risen to 12 with 10 others presumed dead.

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Xinhua News Agency said on Tuesday that rescuers were still searching for the 10 missing but there were no signs of life after the landslide a day earlier in Luojiang village near the resort city of Guilin.

Xinhua said the dormitory was buried in sludge the length of a football field.

Heavy rains hit the region over the weekend, roughly 1,080 miles (1,750 kilometers) south of Beijing amid steep hills and thick jungle bordering Vietnam.