Ankara: Rescue operations concluded at the site of a landslide in Tanchang County, northwest China's Gansu Province, which left 21 people dead and seven injured, China's local authorities said on Wednesday. The injured, who are being treated in local hospitals, are in stable condition, the authorities reported.

According to Qatar News Agency, the landslide struck Renzang Village of Nanhe Township in Longnan City on Tuesday morning, trapping 33 people, five of whom were rescued. Multiple rescue teams, including emergency, fire and police personnel, were swiftly deployed to the scene in the wake of the disaster.

Chinese authorities have raised the flood alert level in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Guangdong Province in the south to red, the highest level of warning.