Local authorities had issued the highest-level emergency warning for flash floods overnight.
A video shared by the Communist Party-backed People’s Daily showed more than a dozen rescuers clinging to a rope as they pushed through torrents of mud, while photos posted by Gansu’s government showed roads covered in silt and large stones.
Heavy rains trapped 4,000 people living in the mountainous Xinglong area and pushed garbage onto roads, CCTV reported earlier on Friday.
Three people were missing after a mudslide in Maliantan village, it said.
Footage shared by Chinese fire authorities on Weibo showed rescuers in Maliantan guiding people through rushing grey water.
Beijing’s top economic planner said it was allocating 100 million yuan (US$14 million) towards disaster relief in Gansu.
Local weather authorities at midday on Friday predicted more rain in some areas, including near the Yellow River – China’s second-biggest waterway.
SOUTHERN LANDSLIDE
The country’s south has also experienced torrential downpours this week.
CCTV reported on Friday that all seven people missing after a landslide in Guangdong province had been killed.
Ten of thousands of people were evacuated across Guangdong this week, with heavy rains flooding residential neighbourhoods and shops.
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