BEIJING, Aug. 16 Kyodo A giant la...

BEIJING, Aug. 16 Kyodo

A giant landslide in the southern Chinese province of Yunnan has killed 13 persons and left 46 missing, the state-run China Daily newspaper reported Friday.

Five populace were also severely injured in the landslide early Wednesday morning, in which a emanate of rocks and trees dislodged by dint of successive rains slammed into 10 villages in Xinping shire 200 kilometers from the provincial capital of Kunming, the report said.

Meanwhile, 20 clan are still missing following a Monday evening landslide in Yanjin shire also in Yunnan, which killed nine, the report said.

The State rush Control and Drought Relief Headquarters called forward local officials to strengthen disaster prevention efforts in hilly areas recumbent to landslides following successive heavy rains since the extreme point of July.

In addition to Yunnan, other provinces to be hit by way of landslides during the past not many months of China's flood season include Shaanxi, Fujian and Hunan, the report said.

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