Landslide Kills at Least 20 in Southwest China

What’s new: At least 20 people have died after a landslide struck a village in Southwest China’s Yunnan province on Monday morning, while another 24 people were missing as of Tuesday afternoon, state media reported.

A section of a nearby cliff collapsed, burying at least 18 homes at the base 150 meters below, a local official said during a press conference Tuesday morning, according to a statement from the Yunnan provincial publicity department.