North China death toll rises to 21

The death toll from a landslide triggered by heavy rains in northern China has risen to at least 21, authorities said yesterday, with six others missing. "Twenty-one people were found dead so far, and six others are still missing," the Xi'an emergency management bureau said in an online statement. State media had put the toll at four earlier. A mountain flash flood in the village of Weiziping, south of Xi'an in Shaanxi province, caused a landslide on Friday that swept away two houses and damaged roads, bridges, electricity supply and other infrastructure, CNR reported earlier.

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