BEIJING, April 27 (UPI) -- Unsafe quarry production and days of constant rain caused two landslides that killed at least 11 people in China, officials said Monday.
The slides struck in southwestern Yunnan province Sunday.
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Fifteen people were reported missing and two others were were injured, China's state-run news agency Xinhua said.
A slide in Linfeng township resulted from unsafe quarry production and a slide in Zhazi township was caused by heavy rainfall during the past three or four days, said Tang Guoqian, chief publicist for Weixin County, which administers the two townships.
