At least 118 people remain missing after their village in southwest China was buried by a huge landslide.
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Rescuers have pulled 15 bodies from the avalanche of rocks that crashed into 62 homes in Xinmo in Sichuan province.
Only three survivors -- a couple and their one-month-old baby -- have been found since heavy rain brought down a side of the mountain early Saturday, officials said.
At least 118 people remain missing, according to the local government -- the Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Aba.
The official Xinhua news agency cited geological experts at the site as saying the chance of finding any survivors "was really slim"
Excavators removed debris as the search continued on Sunday morning. Some 3,000 workers with life-detection instruments were taking part in the search, Xinhua said.
The landslide blocked a two-kilometre stretch of river and 1.6 kilometre of road.
No sign of the village could be seen in aerial footage, which showed a grim and grey rock-strewn landscape covering the area where it once existed by a river.
"It's the biggest landslide in this area since the Wenchuan earthquake," said Wang Yongbo, one of the officials in charge of rescue efforts, referring to the disaster that killed 87,000 people in 2008 in a town in Sichuan.
President Xi Jinping called for rescuers to "spare no effort" in their search for survivors and prevent more disasters.
