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Landslide blocks SW China highway

(Xinhua)

13:04, April 16, 2013

Photo taken on April 16, 2013 shows the landslide site in in Longchang Town, Kaili City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 16, 2013. A landslide in the early hours of Tuesday has blocked a provincial highway here. Several thousand cubic meters of rock blocked more than 80 meters of the highway, destroyed communication wires, a house and a sight-seeing pavilion. No casualties were reported. (Xinhua/Chen Peiliang)

GUIYANG, April 16 (Xinhua) -- A landslide in the early hours of Tuesday in southwest China's Guizhou Province has blocked a provincial highway.

Several thousand cubic meters of rock blocked more than 80 meters of the highway, destroyed communication wires, a house and a sight-seeing pavilion, in Longchang Town, Kaili City. No casualties were reported.

Local authorities are checking the losses. Road workers have arrived at the scene to clear debris. The mountain is unstable.


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