Rescuers remove a villager’s body from the debris left by a landslide that struck a village early Wednesday morning in Huangmei county in Central China’s Hubei province.

A rescuer works Thursday at the disaster site in Yuanshan village.

Nine people, including three children, were buried in the landslide.

Rescuers search for missing villagers Wednesday. As of Thursday afternoon, authorities have confirmed eight deaths and one injury that required hospitalization, state-run broadcaster CCTV reported.

An excavator passes by collapsed homes on Wednesday.