
ZUMA Press
Nov 17, 2009 - Lvliang, Shanxi, China - An excavator crane is seen at the site where a massive landslide killed 23 people in Zhongyang county. At least 23 people were killed in a massive landslide in north Chinas Shanxi province. Rescuers had retrieved 12 bodies Monday, and found another 11 bodies by early Tuesday. The landslide, covering an area of about 20,000 square meters, swept over five houses at about 10.40 a.m. Monday at a village in Zhangzishan Township of Zhongyang County. The victims were migrant workers at a nearby coal mine and their families. They were all natives from southwestern Yunnan Province, rescuers said