Railway services in southwest China resumed Saturday morning more than one day after being disrupted by rain-triggered landslide, local authorities said.

A landslide buried 80 meters of the Sichuan-Guizhou railway line in Dahe Township, Tongzi County in Guizhou Province at 7:15 a.m. Friday.

The railway service resumed at about 10 a.m. after 1,200 workers cleared 2,000 cubic meters of mud and rocks, said Guizhou railway authorities.

The new torrential rains battered southern regions of China, including Guizhou, Chongqing, Hunan and Hubei, from Thursday, leaving at least 27 people dead, six missing and tens of thousands evacuated.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs has launched a level IV emergency response after the new floods hit southern China. Under a level IV emergency response, monitoring of emergencies will be stepped up and reported to the State Council.

Torrential rains in June had resulted in 260 deaths and left 211 missing in 11 southern provinces, according to the ministry.

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