FUZHOU, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Eight bodies have been found and 33 people remain missing after a landslide hit Taining County in southeast China's Fujian Province, sources with Taining County authorities confirmed Monday morning.

SANMING, May 8, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers search for signs of life at the landslide site in Taining County, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 8, 2016. The number of people missing from a landslide that hit Taining on Sunday has risen to 41, according to a press conference held Sunday night. (Xinhua/Xiang Jiangmin)

The landslide occurred at about 5 a.m. on Sunday in Taining County, where about 100,000 cubic meters of mud and rocks flowed downhill, burying a temporary shed at a hydropower station construction site and damaging its offices.

The identities of the bodies are still waiting to be confirmed.