Dozens missing after landslide in Shaanxi, China

At least 26 people remain missing after a landslide in China's northwest Shaanxi province. 

About one million cubic metres of mud buried dormitories and homes owned by the Shaanxi Wuzhou Mining Company in Shanyang County early today. 

Officials said 14 people had been rescued. The operations had been greatly hampered by heavy rain. 

China has seen severe weather during the current monsoon season. 

Shanyang officials said the authorities were alerted to the landslide late last night.

Fifteen dormitories and three residential buildings were buried, trapping at least 40 people initially. 

The local government said on its website that people in the area surrounding the landslide had been evacuated, and that large machinery and rescue personnel had been brought in.

BBC