On Saturday, in the south-west of China, a landslide came to the village of Sinmo in Sichuan Province. According to the publication "Zhenminjibao", 141 people have disappeared without a trace.. For several hours of search and rescue operation, which involves more than half a thousand rescuers, doctors and firemen, from under the rubble of the breed managed to extract only a married couple with a two-month-old child. People had time to react to the beginning of the rockfall. The work involved heavy machinery. Conducting searches complicates the rain.

In addition, the landslide blocked a river flowing alongside for two kilometers and blocked a mile and a half of the road. Landslides are typical for this region of China. They can provoke heavy rains, as happened this time.

It is known that a large volume of rock and boulders descended, burying 62 houses with farmsteads. Everything happened at 6 am local time, when all the people were still at home. Therefore, the number of victims may increase and exceed 200 people. So far, five dead villagers have been found.

Chairman of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping ordered to intensify the conduct of search operations in order to minimize the number of victims. The government blocked the road closest to the site of the state of emergency freeways, so that, if necessary, to deliver unhindered victims to the nearest hospitals. A governmental expert working group has been set up to deal with a number of problems that have emerged as a result of a landslide.

The number of victims is being specified.

Russian President Vladimir Putin sends a telegram with condolences to Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Putin "conveyed the words of sympathy and support to the families and friends of the deceased, and also wished a speedy recovery to all the victims".