The water with mud crashed onto Langhuan Village in southwest China's Sichuan Province early on September 18, 2008. [Photo: Xinhua]

A total of 439 villagers were rescued after a rain-triggered mudslide damaged their homes in southwest China's Sichuan Province early on Thursday.

The mudslide occurred around midnight in Langhuan Village, Xichang City, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, sweeping through the village and crashing down on over 20 houses, and left several hundred of villagers trapped.

Mudslides crash onto countryside houses in Langhuan Village in southwest China's Sichuan Province early on September 18, 2008. [Photo: Xinhua]

An old man is rescued out of his house after a mudslide damaged his house in Langhuan Village in southwest China's Sichuan Province early on September 18, 2008. [Photo: Xinhua]

(CRIENGLISH.com September 19, 2008)