Huge landslides in China leave at least 65 dead

At least 65 people have been killed in landslides in northwest China, state media reported Sunday, in the latest natural disaster to strike the nation.The landslides in a mainly Tibetan region of Gansu province happened on Saturday night, the official Xinhua News Agency reported, citing Mao Shengwu, the head of the affected prefecture.

China's Premier Wen Jiabao is travelling to the country's northwest where landslides triggered by heavy rain have left over 80 people dead and more than 2,000 missing, state media said Sunday.More than 70 were injured in the landslides in a mainly Tibetan region of Gansu province late Saturday night, state television said.A total of 20,000 people living in Zhouqu county have been evacuated, the report said.Wen has left Beijing and is on his way to the devastated county, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

More than 80 people are dead and over 2,000 are missing after landslides triggered by heavy rain swept away homes and destroyed roads and bridges in northwestern China, state media said Sunday.Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is travelling to the devastated region in Gansu province where more than 70 people have also been injured and 20,000 evacuated, as deep rivers of sludge hamper rescue efforts, reports said.

More than 80 people are dead and over 2,000 are missing after landslides triggered by heavy rain swept away homes and destroyed roads and bridges in northwestern China, state media said Sunday.Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is travelling to the devastated region in Gansu province where more than 70 people have also been injured and 20,000 evacuated, as deep rivers of sludge hamper rescue efforts, reports said.

More than 80 people were killed and 2,000 missing Sunday after mudslides swept away homes and destroyed roads in northwestern China as the nation battles the worst flooding in a decade.Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is travelling to the devastated region in Gansu province where more than 20,000 people have been evacuated, as deep rivers of sludge hamper rescue efforts, state media said.

Mudslides in a remote area of southwest China have killed 14 people and left dozens missing, state media said Thursday, while a train derailed in another flood-hit area, sending two carriages into a river.The incidents in Yunnan and Sichuan provinces came as China battles its worst floods in a decade, triggered by heavy rains across wide swathes of the country, leaving thousands dead or missing and at least 12 million evacuated.

Mudslides in a remote area of southwest China have killed 14 people and left dozens missing, state media said Thursday, while a train derailed in another flood-hit area, sending two carriages into a river.The incidents in Yunnan and Sichuan provinces came as China battles its worst floods in a decade, triggered by heavy rains across wide swathes of the country, leaving thousands dead or missing and at least 12 million evacuated.