Search and rescue, medical treatment, and resettlement of affected people are progressing intensively after a rainfall-induced mountain collapse occurred along a section of the Wujiang River in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Friday.

Eight people have been confirmed dead, and 34 others remain missing. Ten people have been rescued, and search and rescue operations are underway, according to a press briefing on Friday night.

The geological disaster occurred at 9:08 a.m.on Friday in the Hanjia subdistrict of Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County in Chongqing, burying more than 10 residential buildings and leaving several residents trapped or unaccounted for.