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Death toll rises to 33 in jade mine landslide in Myanmar
Updated 15:05, 16-Aug-2023
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People look at the site of a deadly landslide at a jade mine near northern Kachin's Hpakant township, Myanmar, August 13, 2023. /CFP
People look at the site of a deadly landslide at a jade mine near northern Kachin's Hpakant township, Myanmar, August 13, 2023. /CFP

People look at the site of a deadly landslide at a jade mine near northern Kachin's Hpakant township, Myanmar, August 13, 2023. /CFP

The death toll has risen to 33 after a landslide hit a waste heap at a jade mining site in Kachin State's jade hub Hpakant township in Myanmar on Sunday, rescuers at the scene told China Media Group on Wednesday.

Nineteen bodies have so far been identified and a search operation is continuing for missing people, rescuers said. 

The accident came as torrential rain and floods ravaged the region over the weekend. 

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