FUZHOU, May 8 (Xinhua) -- The number of people missing from a landslide that hit southeast China's Fujian Province on Sunday has risen to 41, according to a press conference held Sunday night.

The landslide occurred at about 5 a.m. in Taining County, where about 100,000 cubic meters of mud and rocks flowed downhill, burying a temporary shed at a hydropower station construction site and damaging its offices.