Rescuers recovered a total of three bodies at a coal mine in northern China, bringing the death toll from a massive flood to 28, state media reported Saturday.
Ten people still remained unaccounted for at the huge, unfinished Wangjialing mine in Shanxi province, 13 days after it was flooded in the latest high-profile incident to hit China's notoriously dangerous mining sector.
The flood left 153 workers trapped underground, but 115 were rescued alive on Monday in what officials dubbed a "miracle."
Rescuers were still searching for the missing, the official Xinhua news agency said, despite the risk of gas explosions and further floods.
Safety concerns are largely ignored in China's mines in the rush to satisfy a surging demand for coal — the source of about 70 percent of the country's energy.
The flood is the latest deadly accident to embarrass the government, which has responded to disasters in recent years with a much-touted campaign to improve safety and shut dangerous mines.
More than 2,600 miners were killed in China last year, according to government figures, although labour activists say the actual numbers are probably far higher.
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