More than 100 people remain missing after a huge landslide buried homes in a village in Sichuan province, south-western China, as stated by BBC. 

A couple and a baby were rescued and taken to hospital on Saturday but hopes of finding more survivors are fading.

The bodies of fifteen people have so far been recovered, but many more are feared trapped beneath the rubble.

Thousands of rescuers were deployed after some 40 homes were destroyed in Xinmo village in Maoxian county.

Emergency workers have been digging through earth and rocks for a second day, with rescue dogs scouring the debris for some 118 people who remain unaccounted for.

One of those rescued, Qiao Dashuai, told state broadcaster CCTV that his baby had woken him and his partner in the early hours, adding that when the couple opened the door of their home they were swept away by water. He said his parents and other relatives were still missing.