Latest China landslides kill four, 44 still missing

The landslides swept through a mountain village near the city of Baoshan in a rugged region of Yunnan province, Xinhua news agency said. State television said the landslides hit Wama village late Wednesday evening after heavy rain.

Floods and related natural disasters triggered by torrential rains have affected 230 million people nationwide in China this year and resulted in the evacuation of more than 15 million people, the government has said.

Twenty-three people were rescued from the Yunnan landslide debris after the disaster hit, Xinhua reported, and the search for those still missing was under way.

The government said this week that 3,185 people have been killed nationwide in this year's flood-related disasters, while 1,050 are listed as missing.

Much of the flooding has been centered on the Yangtze River, but cities and provinces across the country have been affected.

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