KUNMING - One person was killed and another four are missing in a landslide on Tuesday in Southwest China's Yunnan province, authorities said.

Following days of continuous downpours, the landslide occurred at 4:50 am Tuesday near a river in Lumadeng township, Fugong county in Lisu autonomous prefecture of Nujiang, according to the information office of the prefecture government.

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Of the six people missing at first, one was rescued and sent to a local hospital for treatment, with no life-threatening conditions, while another was found at 8:33 am but died despite medical efforts.

Rescuers are rushing to search for the others.