President: Maximum effort urged in response to landslide

President Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged all-out effort in the search for people still missing in a deadly landslide that killed at least 13 people in Southwest China's Guizhou province on Tuesday night.

No effort should be spared to treat the injured, accommodate those affected by the disaster and comfort family members of the victims, Xi said. Rescue work should be done in a scientific manner and monitoring for risk needs to be enhanced to prevent secondary disasters, he said.

Xi made the remarks as rescuers continued their search for the missing in the landslide, which ripped through part of the village of Pingdi in Shuicheng county. At 9:20 pm on Tuesday, the landslide hit the village, swallowing 21 of the 27 houses there.