The death toll from a rain-triggered landslide at a quarry in south China has risen to 12, and rescuers say they have seen no signs that 10 others still missing are alive, state media said Tuesday.
The landslide on Monday buried a workers' dormitory and the surrounding area under hundreds of thousands of tonnes of mud in Luojiang village, near the tourist city of Guilin in Guangxi region, the Xinhua news agency said.
Police, firefighters and other rescuers were digging with the help of eight excavators to find the missing workers.
Local official Tang Chaobin said rescuers had found no traces of life under the rubble but would nevertheless continue the search until all of the missing were found.
"The government will spare no efforts in finding them to give the victims' families word," Xinhua quoted Tang as saying.
The region was hit by heavy rain at the weekend, Xinhua said. The area near Guilin is famed for its karst scenery of sheer limestone mountains.
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