Rescuers have found a further two bodies in the rubble of a rainstorm-triggered landslide in east China's Zhejiang Province, bringing the death toll to seven, the local government said on Friday.

Two more people are missing after the landslide buried a three-story house in Lin'an City near the provincial capital Hangzhou shortly after midnight.

At 2:00 PM, rescuers were still searching through the rubble with life detectors.

Two survivors were pulled out early in the morning and taken to a local hospital. A city government spokesman said they were out of danger.

A six-member team of experts is investigating the accident.

Lin'an city, with a population of 510,000, suffered heavy rains Thursday afternoon with 88 mm falling from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM.

The rain also caused a highway to cave in Tonglu County in the suburbs of Hangzhou. Two village officials are missing after their car fell into swollen waters where the road collapsed.

The officials, Chen Zhuping and Zhong Weiliang, were inspecting flood control work in the region. The car was retrieved at 2:00 PM but the officials remain missing.

(Xinhua News Agency August 14, 2009)