中新網鎮雄1月12日電 (記者 胡遠航 王艷龍)記者12日凌晨在云南鎮雄山體滑坡現場了解到，截至目前，山體滑坡事故已致44人遇難，還有2人失蹤。
Rescuers and an excavator work at the mud-inundated debris after a landslide hit Gaopo Village in Zhenxiong County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Jan. 11, 2013. The death toll from a landslide that hit Gaopo Village on Friday has risen to 42, after m
(Ecns.cn)--The death toll from a landslide which hit a village in Southwest China's Yunnan Province has risen to 44 with two still missing, reported the China News Service on Saturday morning.
The landslide hit the Zhaojiagou area of Gaopo Village around 8:20 a.m. Friday. Forty-six residents—27 adults and 19 children—were buried in the rock and mud debris.
Two other injured people were sent to a nearby hospital, and it has been confirmed that their injuries are not life-threatening.
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