Rescuers conduct search and rescue at the site of a landslip at a village in Nanhe township of Tanchang County, Longnan City, northwest China’s Gansu Province on July 7, 2026. Photo: Xinhua via AP
The death toll from a landslip in northwestern China rose to 21, state media reported on Wednesday (July 8, 2026), following the conclusion of rescue operations at the scene.
The landslip, shortly before 7 a.m. on Tuesday (July 7, 2026), buried 33 people in the Nanhe township of Longnan city in Gansu province, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
State broadcaster CCTV reported all the people trapped were pulled out early on Wednesday (July 8, 2026), with seven of them having minor injuries. Five others were not injured, it said.
The cause of the landslip was not immediately clear. Photos and video posted online by CCTV on Tuesday (July 7, 2026) showed three excavators and rescuers on mounds of earth. The sky appeared sunny and clear.
Published – July 08, 2026 10:41 am IST
