Bodies pulled from rubble after landslide

Rescuers on Sunday retrieved the bodies of the 12 people who died after a landslide destroyed part of a hotel in Nanzhang county, Hubei province, on Friday, with authorities describing the incident as a natural disaster.

The landslide hit the Mirage Hotel at 7:24 pm when about 3,000 cubic meters of land slid down a slope behind the hotel, trapping 15 people in the debris.

First responders were able to pull four people alive from the debris, but one of those later died in hospital, the county government said.