The toll from a landslide in Myanmar's Kachin state has risen to 104 as the rescuers recovered more bodies, officials said on Monday
Yangon: The toll from a landslide in Myanmar's Kachin state has risen to 104 as the rescuers recovered more bodies, officials said on Monday.
A giant amount of dump soil from a jade mine collapsed in the early hours of Saturday and it buried about 80 huts where local miners were sleeping, Xinhua reported.
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Many are still missing and search and rescue operations are underway to clear the soil.
The residents said five similar incidents took place in the same area this year.
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