At least eight people have died in a flash flood and landslides in the south-western Chinese province of Sichuan. Another 19 people are missing, as the state news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday. Several houses in a village located in the mountainous region of Kangding in the western highlands of the province were swept away by mudslides. Moreover, a bridge between two tunnels of an expressway collapsed in the morning. Three vehicles fell off the road. One occupant was rescued, and five others are still missing.