Landslides, mud-rock flows worsen situation in quake-hit area(1/3)

An excavator works to restore traffic in a landslide-affected section of a road leading to quake-hit Luozehe Township, in Yiliang County, Zhaotong City, southweat China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 11, 2012. A heavy downpour has hit Yiliang early Tuesday morning, triggering floods to cut off roads and force thousands to evacuate. Landslide and mud-rock flows triggered by the rain also aggravated the disaster relief work in Yiliang, where multiple earthquakes have claimed 81 lives since Sept. 7. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)