Rescuers being evacuated as secondary landslide forecast

Rescuers search for survivors after a landslide in Xinmo Village of Maoxian County, Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Aba, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 25, 2017. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)

Rescuers searching for victims trapped by a landslide in southwest China's Sichuan Province were ordered to be evacuated, as risks of a secondary landslide were forecast Monday morning.

The Sichuan provincial work safety bureau issued the order at 11:10 a.m., after radar monitoring found the moving and deformation of the hillside in Maoxian County, where the landslide occurred on Saturday.