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One person was killed and two were injured but in good conditions  after a landslide hit Suichuan County in Ji'an, East China's Jiangxi Province at around 4 am of September 5. Eleven were still missing, according to Suichuan emergency authority. 

The landslide was triggered by continuous downpours from Typhoon Saudel. So far, 12 buildings were impacted, 4 suffering moderate damage and 8 being totally damaged. 

Emergency response, firefighting, health, police, transport and power and communication departments have dispatched forces to rescue the trapped, relocate the people affected and prevent secondary disasters, per the authority release. 

The National Commission for Disaster Reduction and the Ministry of Emergency Management have activated Level-IV national emergency responses for natural disaster relief and geological disasters. They have dispatched a working group to the site to guide rescue and emergency response efforts, and sent an emergency surveying team from the national work safety rescue force, equipped with slope radar and other equipment, to assist in the rescue operation, Xinhua News Agency reported.

Local firefighting, health, police, transport, power and communications departments have dispatched personnel and equipment to rescue those trapped, relocate affected residents and prevent secondary disasters. Local fire departments have sent 41 vehicles and 224 personnel to the site, while communications and reconnaissance drones from nearby areas have also been deployed, per Xinhua.

The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has urgently allocated 20 million yuan ($2.98 million) from the central‑government budgetary investment to support Jiangxi Province in post‑disaster emergency recovery from rainstorms and floods. 

The funds will be primarily used for the emergency recovery of damaged infrastructure such as roads and water‑conservancy facilities, as well as public‑service facilities including schools and hospitals in disaster‑hit areas, to help restore normal production and living order at an early date.

Earlier report by CCTV News said that more than 10 were buried. Rescue forces are heading to the accident site. 

Global Times