Landslide hits Chinese town

BEIJING: More than 100 people are feared buried by a landslide that unleashed huge rocks and a mass of earth that crashed into their homes in southwestern China early yesterday, county government said.

The landslide from a mountain engulfed a cluster of more than 40 homes and a hotel in the village of Xinmo, the government of Mao County in Sichuan province said. Officials said yesterday 141 people were missing and 1.6km of road had been buried. Local media said rescuers pulled out three people, two of whom survived.