At least one person was killed Tuesday after rain-triggered landslides hit a township in Gansu Province, local government said. A sudden and unexpected downpour pelted Tielou Township in Longnan City of Gansu from 4 a.m. to 4:36 a.m. Tuesday, triggering more than 20 landslides, mudflows and mountain cave-ins, Xinhua quoted the provincial government of Gansu as saying. More than 30,000 cubic meters of mud and rocks engulfed eight houses of two families there, killing at least one person, it said. The disasters also caused damages to more than 20 sections of road and a bridge, and cut off drinking water in some places. Rescuers have evacuated more than 130 people to safe places and workers are trying to fix the damaged roads.
