Mudflow at tunnel construction site leaves 4 dead, 4 missing in SW China

KUNMING -- Four people have been confirmed dead and four others missing after a mudflow poured to a tunnel construction site carrying away a work shed in Southwest China's Yunnan province early Wednesday morning.

Local authorities in Pu'er city have sent rescuers to the project site of a branch of China Railway Engineering Corp in Mojiang county.

The search continues, and more than 100 people have been evacuated from the area.