16 confirmed dead, 24 missing in SW China mudslide

 CHENGDU, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Sixteen bodies have been recovered following a rain-triggered mudslide that occurred in southwest China's Sichuan province on June 28, an official from the local rescue command center said Wednesday.

As of 6 p.m. Tuesday, rescuers had pulled 14 bodies from the Jinsha River, a major river located upstream of the Yangtze River, as well as discovered another two bodies earlier in the mudslide-hit region, the official said.

The search along the river is continuing. Twenty-four people remain missing following the disaster.

Torrential downpours unleashed¹ a mudslide at a construction site for the Baihetan Hydropower Station in Ningnan county on June 28. The station's staff and their relatives are among the dead and missing.

1 unleashed   

v.把（感情、力量等）释放出来，发泄( unleash的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The government's proposals unleashed a storm of protest in the press. 政府的提案引发了新闻界的抗议浪潮。
• The full force of his rage was unleashed against me. 他把所有的怒气都发泄在我身上。 来自《简明英汉词典》