A landslide has killed four villagers and injured two others in southwest China's Yunnan Province, local authorities said Friday.

The accident took place early Thursday morning at a village in Honghe County, Hani-Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Honghe. After hours of rescue effort, six people were found including four deaths, said a spokesman with the civil affairs bureau of the prefecture.

The landslide was caused by continuous rain that began on Oct. 5, he said.

The local government is investigating the landslide and evacuating people in villages that might be threatened by other landslides, he added.

(Xinhua News Agency October 14, 2006)