China landslide leaves at least 8 people dead, almost 50 missing in Yunnan province

Beijing — A landslide in southwest China’s mountainous Yunnan province buried 18 homes early Monday morning, leaving 47 people missing and forcing the evacuation of more than 500 other residents, according to local government officials. At least eight deaths were confirmed after the bodies were recovered from the rubble, as survivors sought shelter and rescuers worked through frigid temperatures. Electricity and water supplies had not been restored to the area around the hard-hit village of Liangshui by Monday afternoon. An image from China’s state TV shows rescuers working amid the rubble of destroyed homes after a landslide hit Liangshui Village,…