GUIYANG, May 22 – The death toll from the landslides in southwest China’s Guizhou Province on Thursday has risen to four while 17 people remain trapped, the provincial government said.
Two separate landslides struck Changshi and Guowa townships in Dafang County under the city of Bijie on the same day, trapping two and 19, respectively.
As of 9 p.m. Thursday, the bodies of two trapped people in Changshi and another two in Guowa had been retrieved.
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