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Southeast China Landslide Death Toll Climbs to 14

© REUTERSParamilitary policemen search for missing people at the site of a landslide in Sanming, Fujian province, China, May 8, 2016.
Paramilitary policemen search for missing people at the site of a landslide in Sanming, Fujian province, China, May 8, 2016. - Sputnik International
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The number of people who died in a landslide at a construction site in China’s southeastern province of Fujian has risen to 14, local media reported Monday.

BEIJING (Sputnik) – Eight people were previously feared dead and 41 missing in an early Sunday mudslide triggered by heavy rains in Taining County of Sanming city. An estimated 26.4 million gallons of mud and rocks buried a shed and workers’ dormitories at a hydropower station.

​Twenty-five people remain missing after 13 people have been pulled out alive, all of them in stable condition, according to the China News Service.

Chinese President Xi Jinping ordered maximum efforts to ensure an efficient rescue mission, while Premiere LI Keqiang issued the same order in written form.

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Rescue workers have been joined by police and sniffer dogs to help detect any signs of life in the debris. Dozens of excavators are digging through the boulders, mud and twisted steel, while dozens of ambulances and army vehicles are on standby, the outlet adds.

Search operations are hampered by intermittent rainfalls, with more precipitation expected this week.

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