Death toll from mudslide in China’s Xian rises to four

BEIJING, Aug 13 (Reuters) – The death toll from a mudslide last week in China’s northwestern Shaanxi province has risen to four, state radio said on Sunday, as the country grapples with unusually high summer rainfall. State-owned China Central Television (CCTV) had earlier reported that Friday’s mudslide in the city of Xian, which followed heavy rainfall in the region, left a total of 18 people dead or missing, with two confirmed casualties. A video released by the official Xinhua news agency showed broken trees and rubble piling up along muddy roads in a village that lies in a mountainous area,…