At Least 19 Killed in Southwest China Landslide Covering Mine Worker Dormitory

At Least 19 Killed in Southwest China Landslide Covering Mine Worker Dormitory
The site of a mountain collapse in Leshan in southwestern China's Sichuan Province on June 4, 2023. Xinhua via AP
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A landslide tore through a mining company’s worker dormitory early Sunday morning in southwestern China, killing 19 people, authorities said.

The disaster struck in a mountainous rural district of Sichuan province’s Leshan county, where rains have been falling constantly for weeks.