Landslides leave 10 dead, more than 30 missing in China
The state-run Xinhua News Agency reported that downpours began pounding parts of Gansu's Lanzhou City on Thursday evening.
President Xi Jinping ordered "all-out" efforts to search for and rescue missing people and to evacuate those threatened by disaster.
Parts of China have been hit by heavy rains since last month. In July, more than 40 people died in flooding and mudslides in the suburbs of Beijing. Seven people died in the southern city of Guangzhou after Wednesday's disaster.
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