In China, the death toll following devastating landslides in Gansu Province has risen to 1,117. Over 600 people are still missing. Rescue workers are struggling hard to remove the layers of mud and to find possible survivors. The Provincial Civil Affairs Bureau said in a statement that 567 survivors received clinical treatment and further 64 seriously injured have been hospitalised. Vice Premier Li Keqiang said that government has stepped up rescue and relief work. Tibetan-majority region in China's northwest. Torrential rain on Saturday night triggered an avalanche of sludge in the Tibetan-majority region of northwest China.