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The death toll had climbed to 34.
More than 1,000 rescuers have joined in the search and rescue operations, along with 150 machines and vehicles and 81 dogs.
A total of 918 residents from 223 households have been evacuated to safe locations.
Local governments have allocated daily necessities to the affected residents, including 222 tents, 1,350 cotton coats, 700 quilts and 200 rollaway beds.
BEIJING -- The National Development and Reform Commission, the country's economic planner, has announced that it has earmarked 30 million yuan (about $4.22 million) to support the reconstruction of infrastructure and the resumption of basic public services in the landslide-hit regions in Southwest China's Yunnan province.
The landslide struck Zhenxiong county, Zhaotong city, on Jan 22, leading to both fatalities and property losses.
As of 8 pm on Thursday, local authorities have confirmed that all 44 missing individuals from the landslide that struck Zhenxiong county in Southwest China's Yunnan province on Monday have been found dead.
The landslide occurred in Liangshui village at around 6 am on Monday, burying 18 houses. Since the incident, extensive search and rescue efforts have been undertaken. As of 8:04 pm on Thursday, all 44 missing persons have been located, but unfortunately, all have been confirmed deceased.
The death toll from the landslide that hit Zhenxiong county in Southwest China's Yunnan province on Monday had risen to 34 as of 5 pm on Wednesday, with rescue efforts ongoing and 10 people still missing, according to local authorities.
The landslide occurred in Liangshui village at around 6 am on Monday, burying 18 houses.
Weak rock structure was the primary cause of the landslide that occurred on Monday in Zhenxiong county, Yunnan province, resulting in at least 34 deaths, a preliminary investigation revealed on Wednesday.
According to the disaster-responding task force, following on-site investigations and preliminary analyses, a team of experts discovered that the steep terrain and topography provided the conditions necessary for the landslide to occur, while the layered and fractured rock structure was the "main internal and objective factor" leading to the landslide, the team said in a news release.
KUNMING -- The death toll from a landslide that struck a mountainous village in southwest China's Yunnan Province on Monday had climbed to 34 as of 5 pm Wednesday, local authorities said.
Another ten people are still missing, according to the local disaster relief headquarters.
A landslide that occurred on Monday in Southwest China's Yunnan province has resulted in 31 deaths as of Tuesday evening, as all-out rescue efforts and post-disaster work are still ongoing, local authorities said on Tuesday.
At around 6 am on Monday, a landslide struck Liangshui village, Zhenxiong county, burying 18 houses.
KUNMING - The death toll from a landslide that struck a mountainous village in Southwest China's Yunnan province on Monday had climbed to 31 as of 5:40 pm Tuesday, local authorities said.
KUNMING -- The death toll from a landslide that struck a mountainous village in Southwest China's Yunnan province on Monday had climbed to 20 after rescuers pulled 20 bodies from the debris as of 2:50 pm Tuesday, local authorities said.
Among the 47 that were previously reported missing, rescuers managed to get in touch with three people, who were out and temporarily lost contact when the landslide happened.
Rescuers have pulled 11 bodies from rubble after a landslide in Liangshui village in Yunnan province's Zhenxiong county as of 10 pm on Monday, Yang Xuchun, head of the county, said at a news conference held in the small hours on Tuesday.
The landslide, which occurred at around 6 am on Monday, buried 18 houses and left 47 people missing.
KUNMING -- The death toll has climbed to 11 in a landslide that struck a mountainous village in Southwest China's Yunnan province on Monday, local authorities said on early Tuesday morning.
President Xi Jinping has called for all-out efforts to search for and rescue the people missing after a landslide on Monday in Zhenxiong county of Yunnan province.
Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the instruction after the landslide buried 18 houses and left 47 people missing at around 6 am on Monday in Liangshui village.
Two survivors have been pulled out of ruins left by a landslide in Zhenxiong county, Yunnan province, and it is believed that 45 others remain trapped, according to the National Health Commission.
The natural disaster, which occurred shortly before 6 am on Monday in Liangshui village, buried 18 houses, a media release from the commission stated.
The two survivors suffered soft tissue injuries and have been hospitalized, the commission noted.
More than 800 firefighters from Yunnan's fire and rescue corps have joined efforts to rescue 47 people who were buried in a landslide in Zhenxiong county in Yunnan province.
The natural disaster occurred shortly before 6 am on Monday in Liangshui village.
Twenty-eight firefighters from Zhenxiong quickly arrived at the scene after the landslide, and the Yunnan fire and rescue corps mobilized another 812 firefighters from other parts of the province to participate in search and rescue efforts, according to a media release from the corps.
Wang Xiangxi, minister of emergency management, has rushed to Zhenxiong county, Yunnan province, to guide efforts to rescue 47 people buried in a landslide accident.
The natural disaster occurred shortly before 6 am on Monday in Liangshui village, according to a media release from the ministry.
Upon receiving news of the landslide, Wang immediately arranged for search and rescue operations to commence, asking local authorities to enhance monitoring at the site.
President Xi Jinping demanded full-scale efforts in search and rescue of missing people on Monday following a landslide in Zhaotong in Yunnan province, urging to protect the safety of people's lives and property.
Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks in an instruction after the disaster buried 18 houses and left 47 people missing earlier Monday morning in Liangshui village of Zhenxiong county in Zhaotong city.
Xi ordered every measure to minimize casualties, enhancing monitoring and early warning and preventing the occurrence of secondary disasters.
A landslide in southwest China's Yunnan province on early Monday has left 47 people buried, authorities said.
The disaster occurred at 5:51 am in Liangshui village in Zhenxiong county, Zhaotong city. The province has initiated a level-III disaster relief emergency response plan to facilitate search and rescue efforts, which are underway.
