More than 700 people confirmed dead in China landslide

More than 700 people are now known to have died in a massive landslide in north-west China - making it one of the deadliest incidents so far in the country's worst flooding in a decade.

A frantic search is continuing for more than 1,000 people still missing. Buildings were hit by a wall of mud so mighty that buildings seven storeys high crumpled like paper, according to BBC News.

A 52-year-old man was pulled alive from the rubble more than 50 hours after the disaster, and other rescue teams say they have heard "very faint" signs of life elsewhere, the state media reported.

But as the hours pass, hopes of finding survivors diminish. The death toll was revised upwards on Tuesday from 337, and officials say that figure is expected to rise in the coming hours and days.

The weather forecast over the coming days is for heavy rain, which could hamper humanitarian work. There is also the possibility of further landslides.