Landslide hits hydropower station site in China, 41 missing

An official said that a landslide triggered by heavy rains has hit the construction site of a hydropower station in China's Fujian Province, reported Xinhua.

The landslide has left 41 people missing.

About 100,000 cubic meters of mud and rocks flowed downhill, burying a temporary shed at the hydropower station construction site and damaging its offices.

The site under construction in the Taining county is an extension of the Chitan hydropower station, an affiliate of Huadian Fuxin Energy Ltd. Co.

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