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02 May 2012| last updated at 12:18PM

Landslide forces tourists to evacuate



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WUHAN: More than 300 tourists were evacuated after a landslide hit a forest resort in central China's Hubei province on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported.

The landslide happened at 2 p.m. in Shennongjia, a forestry resort known for its natural beauty and disrupted traffic on the 209 national highway, said an official with the resort.

However, no casualties have been reported so far.

On Monday, a landslide hit the same section of the highway which runs from Inner Mongolia's capital Hohhot to Beihai city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Traffic did not resume until 2 a.m. on Tuesday.

The resort's workers blamed continuous rainfall for the frequent landslides in the region. --   BERNAMA
 

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