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Landslide engulfs construction site of hydropower station in China, 10 killed

At least 10 people have been killed while 31 others remain missing in a massive landslide that engulfed the construction site of a hydropower station in China’s southeastern Fujian Province.

Thirteen people who were rescued have been admitted to hospitals of which three are in serious condition.

Search is on for 31 others who were reported missing. The mudslide occurred on Sunday in Taining County, where about one lakh cubic meters of mud and rocks flowed downhill, burying a temporary shed at the hydropower station construction site and damaging its offices.

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