Eleven people went missing and another 11 were injured after a landslide triggered by rain Monday morning in southwest China's Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province, a spokesman with the prefecture government said.

The landslide happened at 00:30 a.m. in Gongshan Drung-Nu Autonomous County, according to the spokesman.

About 62 rescue workers were at the scene searching for the 11 missing.

The rescue work is ongoing.