The death toll has risen to 12, while 26 were unaccounted for after heavy downpours and mudslides battered a county in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, local authorities said Friday.

Two missing persons in Wenchuan County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, were confirmed dead Friday, according to the emergency management bureau of Aba.

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