27 declared missing as landslides hit Chinese village

Heavy typhoon rains in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on Wednesday has caused landslides to crash into Sucun village state media reveals.

At least 27 people have been declared missing as several houses were swallowed up and the incident is coming a month after the official People’s Daily newspaper reported that Suichang county, where the landslide occurred, had in recent years prioritised landslide and flood defences.

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Critics say local governments, especially in the frequently hit coastal provinces in China’s east, misallocate funding or fail to spend enough on defences against floods and other problems caused by heavy rain.

A mass of debris rolled down a lush mountain toward the small village, according to images posted by local state media on their official Weibo microblogs.

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