Landslide keeps students from school

ANKANG CITY, China, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- A mountain landslide in China's Shaanzi Province is expected to keep more than 1,000 middle school students away from campus for a week.

Cracks were first discovered in Baotaliang Mountain at Ankang City, early this month. Parts of the mountainside began collapsing and the crumbling rocks buried the road at the mountain base, Xinhua reported Sunday.

"From 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, about 10 landslides occurred within a small scale," said experts from the city's land and resource bureau.

The Zhenping Middle-school had just started a new semester but has now postponed classes for a week because of the landslides.

The region's bus station also was ordered to suspend operations while experts and officials work to prevent dangers to traffic.