Rainstorm triggers landslide in SW China

2012-05-23 03:07:10 GMT2012-05-23 11:07:10(Beijing Time) Xinhua English

Photo taken on May 22, 2012 shows the landslide site on the No. 319 national highway beside the Wulingshan Tunnel in Chongqing, southwest China.(Xinhua/Wang Song)

Photo taken on May 22, 2012 shows the submerged Wulingshan Tunnel in Chongqing, southwest China. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

An excavator works at the landslide site on the No. 319 national highway beside the Wulingshan Tunnel in Chongqing, southwest China, May 22, 2012. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

Rainstorm in Chongqing, southwest China triggered a landslide on the No. 319 national highway beside the Wulingshan Tunnel.

The landslide, which happened at around 11:00 a.m., resulted in an accumulation of more than 10,000 cubic meters of earth and stone and cut off traffic from Qianjiang district to Pengshui county in Chongqing, said Zhou Xinguo, deputy director of the district's transportation commission.

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