Rescuers search for signs of life at the landslide site in Taining County

Eight bodies have been found and 33 people remain missing after a landslide hit Taining County in southeast China's Fujian Province, sources with Taining County authorities confirmed Monday morning.

The landslide occurred at about 5 a.m. on Sunday in Taining County, where about 100,000 cubic meters of mud and rocks flowed downhill, burying a temporary shed at a hydropower station construction site and damaging its offices.

The identities of the bodies are still waiting to be confirmed.

Source: XINHUA