Wenchuan Earthquake: Landslide and Mao County

wenchuan earthquake: Officials said 1.6 kilometres of road were buried in the disaster, according to Toronto Star. It's the biggest landslide to hit this area since the Wenchuan earthquake, Wang Yongbo, an official leading one of the rescue efforts, told state broadcaster China Central Television. The landslide, which came from a mountain, engulfed a cluster of 62 homes and a hotel in the village of Xinmo in Mao County at about 6 a.m., the Sichuan provincial government said. Wang was referring to China's deadliest earthquake this century, a magnitude 7.9 temblor that struck Sichuan province in May 2008, killing nearly 90,000 people. CCTV cited a rescuer as saying five bodies had been found. The provincial government said more than 120 people were buried by the landslide. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.