Landslide in China's Chongqing kills 8, leaves 34 missing

A landslide in Pengshui county, part of Chongqing in southwestern China, killed 8 people and left 34 missing. More than 1,100 people were evacuated.

Scraper SystemJuly 17, 2026, 10:28 PM

Landslide in China's Chongqing kills 8, leaves 34 missing

A landslide that struck Pengshui county, part of Chongqing in southwestern China, on Friday morning caused widespread destruction. According to Chinese state media, the landslide occurred at 9:10 a.m. local time, killing 8 people and leaving 34 unaccounted for.

Footage aired by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV showed a residential and commercial street at the foot of a mountain buried under a massive mass of rock and soil. The Xinhua news agency reported that 10 people were pulled from the debris, two of them in serious condition.

More than 1,100 people were evacuated due to the landslide, and over 800 rescue workers were dispatched to the area. Officials said water, electricity and natural gas were cut off within a 1-kilometer radius of the landslide site to prevent further collapses.

The Chinese government sent more than 8,000 relief items to the disaster zone, including tents, folding beds and emergency kits. The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Emergency Management announced that 50 million yuan (about $7.36 million) in natural disaster relief funds had been allocated for rescue and relief efforts and to support affected residents.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, in a statement carried by Xinhua, ordered that search and rescue efforts be conducted using scientific methods and that the cause of the disaster be investigated swiftly.

Pengshui county is located in a mountainous area southeast of Chongqing, bordering Hubei and Guizhou provinces. A local official told a press conference that the landslide area is known for its "unpredictable" steep terrain and that dangerous rock fragments still cling to cliff edges.

Earlier this month, another landslide in the mountainous region of western Gansu province killed 21 people.

Landslide in China's Chongqing kills 8, leaves 34 missing

A landslide in Pengshui county, part of Chongqing in southwestern China, killed 8 people and left 34 missing. More than 1,100 people were evacuated.