Dozens of people are missing and feared dead after a landslide struck a remote jade mining region in northern Myanmar, the second such incident in a month, officials said on Saturday.
The landslide occurred Friday in Kachin state’s mining community of Hpakant, said Khin Maung Myint, a local member of the opposition National league for Democracy party. He joined rescue crews on Saturday, but said the steep terrain was complicating search efforts.
According to rescuers, one body was pulled from the rubble and at least 30 people were missing, he said. Police said they could not yet confirm any fatalities.