At least 67 people were missing and seven others were injured after mudslides slammed a remote town in southwest China's Yunnan Province early Wednesday, local authorities said.

Roads, power supplies and telecommunications were cut following the mudslides, which struck the Puladi Township, in the Drung-Nu Autonomous County of Gongshan, at about 1:00 AM.

Rescuers were sent to the area high up in the mountains bordering Myanmar, said a spokesman with the government of Lisu Autonomous Prefecture of Nujiang, which administers Gongshan.

Days of torrential rains had triggered the mudslides, he added.

No further details were available.

A mudslide killed 11 people at the construction site of a hydropower station in Puladi Township on July 26.

(Xinhua News Agency August 18, 2010)