The governor of Shanxi resigned as the death toll from a mudslide triggered by the collapse of an illegal mining dump in the northern Chinese province rose to 254, official media have reported.

• 据官方媒体报道，山西省省长因山崩造成的死亡事件引咎辞职。这次山崩是由一非法采矿场崩塌引起的，是中国北方省份发生的第254起矿场崩塌事件。