At least 31 construction workers were killed and 7 were missing after landslide caused by heavy rains hit a hydroelectric power station in Fujian…Most of the workers were asleep…when the landslide began near the Chitan hydroelectric station, the New China News Agency reported. The area suffered heavy rains on Saturday and Sunday, totaling more than 7 1/2 inches in 24 hours, local officials said.

…Some Chinese questioned whether officials had made mistakes in choosing the location for the power station. But Li Lixin, general manager of Huadian Fuxin Energy Corp. said at a news conference that an accident had not occurred in 30 years. “We chose the location strictly in accordance with the relevant requirements,” Lixin said. “The disaster was caused by the continuous heavy rains.”…