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Devastating landslide buries Chinese villagers

Chinese military police and rescue workers are seen at the site of a landslide in in Xinmo village, Diexi town of Maoxian county. Around 100 people are feared buried after a landslide smashed through their village in southwest China's Sichuan Province early Saturday, local officials said, as they launched an emergency rescue operation.
Chinese military police and rescue workers are seen at the site of a landslide in in Xinmo village, Diexi town of Maoxian county. Around 100 people are feared buried after a landslide smashed through their village in southwest China's Sichuan Province early Saturday, local officials said, as they launched an emergency rescue operation.
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Chinese military police and rescue workers are seen at the site of a landslide in in Xinmo village, Diexi town of Maoxian county, Sichuan province on June 24, 2017.
Chinese military police and rescue workers are seen at the site of a landslide in in Xinmo village, Diexi town of Maoxian county, Sichuan province on June 24, 2017.
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Vehicles and people line a road leading to the site of a landslide in Xinmo village in Maoxian County in southwestern China's Sichuan Province, Saturday. Dozens of people are feared buried by a landslide that unleashed huge rocks and a mass of earth that crashed into their homes in southwestern China early Saturday, a county government said.
Vehicles and people line a road leading to the site of a landslide in Xinmo village in Maoxian County in southwestern China's Sichuan Province, Saturday. Dozens of people are feared buried by a landslide that unleashed huge rocks and a mass of earth that crashed into their homes in southwestern China early Saturday, a county government said.
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Qiao Dashuai, left, is attended to by nurses at a hospital after surviving a landslide in Xinmo village in Maoxian County in southwestern China, Saturday. More than 100 people have been buried by a landslide that unleashed huge rocks and a mass of earth that crashed into their homes in a mountain village in southwestern China early Saturday, a provincial government said. Qiao told CCTV his baby saved their family because he was woken up by the baby's crying when he heard a strange noise that alerted him to the landslide.
Qiao Dashuai, left, is attended to by nurses at a hospital after surviving a landslide in Xinmo village in Maoxian County in southwestern China, Saturday. More than 100 people have been buried by a landslide that unleashed huge rocks and a mass of earth that crashed into their homes in a mountain village in southwestern China early Saturday, a provincial government said. Qiao told CCTV his baby saved their family because he was woken up by the baby's crying when he heard a strange noise that alerted him to the landslide.
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Emergency personnel and locals work at the site of a landslide in Xinmo village in Sichuan Province.
Emergency personnel and locals work at the site of a landslide in Xinmo village in Sichuan Province.
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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, emergency personnel, in orange, work at the site of a landslide in Xinmo village in Maoxian County in southwestern China's Sichuan Province, Saturday, June 24, 2017. Around 100 people are feared buried by a landslide that unleashed huge rocks and a mass of earth that crashed into their homes Saturday, a county government said. (He Qinghai/Xinhua via AP) ORG XMIT: XIN802
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, emergency personnel, in orange, work at the site of a landslide in Xinmo village in Maoxian County in southwestern China's Sichuan Province, Saturday, June 24, 2017. Around 100 people are feared buried by a landslide that unleashed huge rocks and a mass of earth that crashed into their homes Saturday, a county government said. (He Qinghai/Xinhua via AP) ORG XMIT: XIN802
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