Rescuers pay tribute to the victims at the landslide site in Taining County, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 9, 2016. (Photo: Xinhua/Zhang Guojun)
The death toll has risen to 35 with one person still missing following a landslide in Taining County in east China's Fujian Province on Sunday, sources with Taining County authorities confirmed Tuesday afternoon.
The landslide occurred at about 5 a.m. on Sunday in Taining County, when 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.
Rescue work is still under way.
