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7 Missing After Chinese Landslide

Rescuers work at the site after a landslide overtook the highway construction site on an expressway in Wufeng county, Hubei province, China, July 9, 2023.
Rescuers work at the site after a landslide overtook the highway construction site on an expressway in Wufeng county, Hubei province, China, July 9, 2023.

Chinese officials say at least seven people are missing, following a landslide at a construction site in central China. Authorities say five people have been rescued from the rubble.

Reuters is reporting that one person has died.

China has been hit with torrential rains in recent weeks, causing the deadly landslides.

Thousands of people have been displaced by the heavy rains.

Some information for this report came from the Associated Press and Reuters.

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