China landslide: Man rescued after 67 hours buried alive under rubble

The landslide covered an area the size of 50 football pitches

A man buried under the rubble of a landslide for 67 hours has been pulled out alive.

Tian Zeming was left trapped in the debris after the landslide destroyed buildings in an industrial sector of Shenzhen, in China.

The 19-year-old was said to be in a critical condition after being rescued, reportedly having suffered from severe dehydration and a crushed leg.

Rescuers took two hours to pull Mr Zeming from the mud, and fear more than 70 people could still be engulfed in rubble as deep as 10 metres in some parts.

The landslide happened after a plot of land north of the city collapsed due to extreme weather conditions, the resulting damage spread across 380,000 square metres of the city, with authorities now investigating its cause and why warnings of unstability in the area were ignored.

Authorities are yet to release an official death count, but the number of people reported missing was reduced after government officials were able to make contact with some of those feared to be trapped, according to the BBC.

Around 900 people from the area were evacuated prior to the disaster.