Rescuers have pulled 15 people alive from a landslide that slammed into a village in China’s eastern Zhejiang province after a typhoon but 32 people are still missing there and in another nearby village, state media said on Thursday.
At least 33 people are missing in China’s eastern Zhejiang province after heavy rains triggered two landslides, state media said.
Twenty-seven of those are from Sucun village in Suichang county where homes were swept away.
Local authorities say they have mobilised heavy equipment and over a thousand people to help with search and rescue efforts.
Typhoon Megi killed four people and injured 625 when it hit Taiwan at peak intensity earlier this week, before reaching mainland China.
Last month, the official People’s Daily newspaper reported that the region where the landslides occurred had in recent years prioritised landslide and flood defences.