As per reports, Chinese authorities have confirmed that as of 1100 hours on Sunday (09 February), the landslide in Sichuan Province resulted in the burial of 10 houses and one production facility. The disaster has claimed one life, left 28 individuals missing, and injured two others, while over 200 people have been relocated. Rescue operations remain ongoing.
• At a press conference on Sunday (09 February), officials attributed the disaster to prolonged rainfall and underlying geological conditions, which triggered a mudslide. The resulting debris accumulation spans approximately 1.2 kilometers (0.7 miles) in length and 100 meters in width, with an estimated landslide volume exceeding 100,000 cubic meters (3.5 million cubic feet).
• The landslide was reported to have occurred in Jinping Village, Muai Town, Yunlian County, Yibin City, Sichuan Province. Following the disaster, the Ministry of Emergency Management initiated a Level 3 emergency response for geological disasters, while the National Disaster Prevention, Reduction, and Relief Committee activated a Level 4 national disaster relief emergency response.
• China’s Ministry of Emergency Management has mobilized hundreds of emergency personnel, including fire rescue teams, while Sichuan Province has deployed nearly 1,000 responders from the military, armed police, fire rescue, public security, transportation, medical, and communications sectors as of Monday (10 February).
• Authorities have warned that the landslide remains active, and may pose risk due to continued rainfall on Monday (10 February).
• On Monday (10 February), the Central Meteorological Observatory (CMO) has forecast light rainfall to continue over parts of the northern Sichuan Basin, western Guizhou, southern and eastern Yunnan, southeastern Tibet, and eastern Hainan Island.