China landslide death toll raised to 259: state mediaThe death toll from a landslide landslide, rapid slipping of a mass of earth or rock from a higher elevation to a lower level under the influence of gravity and water lubrication. More specifically, rockslides are the rapid downhill movement of large masses of rock with little or no hydraulic flow, that engulfed a northern Chinese town grew to 259 on Tuesday with the discovery of five more bodies, state-run Xinhua news agency “Xinhua” redirects here. For other uses, see Xinhua (disambiguation). The Xinhua News Agency (Simplified Chinese: 新华社; Traditional Chinese: said. State media last week had quoted Minister of Work Safety Wang Jun For the Jin Dynasty general, see . Wang Jun (born April 11, 1941)[1] is Chairman of the Board of Poly Technologies in the People's Republic of China. The company deals in arms-trading and is associated with the People's Liberation Army (PLA). saying "several hundred" people were thought still buried in the mud that swamped the town of Taoshi after a mining waste reservoir burst its banks on September 8. Xinhua said over the weekend rescuers had already combed through more than 90 percent of the affected area, located in Shanxi province. Search work was continuing on Tuesday, it said. The latest report offered no estimate of a potential final death toll. Xinhua had previously said 35 people were injured in the disaster. The torrent of sludge buried a village of 1,000 people, including a market that was packed with people attending a "major fair," Chinese press reports have said. The provincial governor of Shanxi, Meng Xuenong Meng Xuenong (Simplified Chinese: 孟学农; Traditional Chinese: 孟學農; Pinyin: Mèng Xuénóng , resigned on Sunday over the disaster, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Xinhua, and was replaced by work safety minister Wang. 
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