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9 bodies found after landslide buries scores in southwest China

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9 bodies found after landslide buries scores in southwest China
Chinese crews recovered nine bodies and were still searching for 109 others Sunday, a day after a massive landslide buried a picturesque mountain village in the southwestern province of Sichuan.
More than 2,500 rescuers with detection devices and dogs were looking for signs of life amid the rubble of massive boulders that descended on Xinmo village in Mao county early Saturday. The government lowered an earlier figure of 15 dead retrieved, which was initially reported in the state media.
Three people — a couple and their month-old infant — were the only ones rescued from the site Saturday.
A government-run news outlet said the adults were in stable condition, while the baby was sent to an intensive care unit with pneumonia induced by mud inhalation.
Relatives from nearby villages were sobbing as they awaited news of their loved ones. A woman told The Associated Press that she had no information on her family members in Xinmo. She said she had only heard reports that body parts were found.
The landslide carried an estimated 282 million cubic feet of earth and rock, equivalent to more than 3,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools, when it slid down from steep mountains. It buried one mile of road and blocked a 1.2-mile section of a river as it completely wiped away the village that was once home to 46 families, or more than 100 people.

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