Rescue efforts underway after landslide buries residents in southwest China

World·NewRescue efforts underway after landslide buries residents in southwest China​An unknown number of people were buried after a landslide struck a county in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing on Friday, causing residential ‌buildings downhill to collapse, according to state media.Unknown number of people buried, caught in landslide during evacuationThomson Reuters · Posted: Jul 17, 2026 7:14 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 minutes agoPlayListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur.

We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.Rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a landslide along Wujiang river in Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County, Chongqing, China, on Friday. (Reuters)Social Sharing​An unknown number of people were buried after a landslide struck a county in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing on Friday, causing residential ‌buildings downhill to collapse, according to state media.

Preliminary verification indicated that a Pengshui county community worker spotted scattered falling rocks around 8 a.m. local ​time and issued an emergency ​warning, state broadcaster CCTV said.

Authorities ordered an evacuation affecting more than 60 residents, but the landslide ​occurred during the evacuation at 9:08 a.m., burying ⁠some people.

The ⁠exact number of ‌those trapped was still being confirmed, the report said.Nine people had been pulled from the rubble, according to the official ⁠Xinhua news agency.It was not immediately clear what caused the landslide.

Debris at the site of buildings that collapsed in the landslide, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. (Reuters)Aerial footage from CCTV showed rock and debris ‌falling on a cluster of riverside residential buildings, while people could be seen fleeing with a thick plume of dust billowing behind them.A dashcam video posted ​on X, verified by Reuters, showed a section of hillside collapsing onto ⁠homes and businesses below, sending debris across the road and ⁠forcing passing cars and a motorcycle to stop.

China's Ministry ⁠of ⁠Emergency Management activated ​a level-two emergency response and dispatched a 100-member rescue team to the ​scene, the ⁠ministry said in a statement.Some 206 personnel and 49 vehicles from China's fire and rescue force were sent to the site to assist in rescue efforts, the ministry said. CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices·About CBC NewsCorrections and clarifications·Submit a news tip·Report errorRelated StoriesTaiwan braces for powerful typhoon after floods in China kill dozensAt least 13 Rohingya refugees among the dead in Bangladesh landslidesTyphoon Bavi makes landfall in China after brushing past Taiwan, belting southern JapanRescue workers in Venezuela race to free hundreds trapped in rubble as quake death toll climbs to 920Venezuela earthquake death toll rises to 3,535 as thousands remain displaced World·NewRescue efforts underway after landslide buries residents in southwest China​An unknown number of people were buried after a landslide struck a county in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing on Friday, causing residential ‌buildings downhill to collapse, according to state media.

Unknown number of people buried, caught in landslide during evacuationThomson Reuters · Posted: Jul 17, 2026 7:14 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 minutes agoPlayListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.

Rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a landslide along Wujiang river in Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County, Chongqing, China, on Friday. (Reuters)Social Sharing​An unknown number of people were buried after a landslide struck a county in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing on Friday, causing residential ‌buildings downhill to collapse, according to state media.Preliminary verification indicated that a Pengshui county community worker spotted scattered falling rocks around 8 a.

m. local ​time and issued an emergency ​warning, state broadcaster CCTV said.Authorities ordered an evacuation affecting more than 60 residents, but the landslide ​occurred during the evacuation at 9:08 a.

m., burying ⁠some people.The ⁠exact number of ‌those trapped was still being confirmed, the report said.

Nine people had been pulled from the rubble, according to the official ⁠Xinhua news agency.It was not immediately clear what caused the landslide.Debris at the site of buildings that collapsed in the landslide, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.

(Reuters)Aerial footage from CCTV showed rock and debris ‌falling on a cluster of riverside residential buildings, while people could be seen fleeing with a thick plume of dust billowing behind them.A dashcam video posted ​on X, verified by