The death toll from the mudslides in a remote mountain town in southwest China's Yunnan Province has risen to 29, with 63 others still missing as of 6:00 PM Sunday, said local authorities.

Hou Xinrong, police chief of Gongshan County, told reporters that six bodies were recovered on Sunday -- five floating to the downstream of the swollen Nujiang River and one buried under the sludge of the mudslides.

The mudslides struck Puladi Township in Gongshan at about 1:30 AM Wednesday, burying villages under a deep sludge of mud. Rescue and relief efforts had been hampered by continuous rain in the region.

(Xinhua News Agency August 23, 2010)