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BEIJING — Landslides killed at least 80 people and left an estimated 2,000 missing today in northwest China’s Gansu province, the latest disaster caused by widespread flooding in the country.
The landslides happened in the morning in the province’s Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Xinhua News Agency reported.
The worst-hit part of Gannan was Zhouqu county, with Xinhua reporting that half the county was underwater. Xinhua said at least 50,000 people were believed to be affected.
Many parts of China have been hit by the country’s worst flooding in a decade.
