A driver nearly had the misfortune of being crushed underneath a rolling boulder on Friday in the port city of Keelung, Taiwan. Watch as a huge-ass rock lands just to the right of the car. The driver would exit not only alive but uninjured.

We’ve seen something like this before, specifically these passengers being buried under a landside. We shudder to think that we’re tempting the fates, Final Destination-style.

Torrential rains have caused floods and landslides across northern China, resulting in 50 deaths this month in Shaanxi province alone. (And in Sichuan, this death.)

But you know which four people the landslides in Shaanxi have not yet killed? Watch the above video, in which a car drives straight into falling mud in Yan’an. All four passengers inside would live to tell about it.

The 18 students from Tiantou Primary School buried under landslides yesterday in Yiliang, Yunnan province have all died. Via AP:

Any last hope for survivors evaporated early Friday when rescuers pulled the body of the last missing child from the landslide debris, China National Radio said in a report on its website.

What’s even more tragic about this, as noted earlier, is the timing: these students were in school during this holiday only to make up for time lost as the result of a massive earthquake that killed 81 people last month. Reports Xinhua:

Three teaching buildings of the school were damaged in the earthquakes early September and demolished later, forcing over 30 students to have lessons at the nearby Tiantou Primary School.

The students were preparing classes, scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. at Tiantou School, when the landslide occurred, the bureau’s official said on Thursday.

Some 2,000 people had been mobilized to rescue the 19 buried — one adult remains unaccounted for. UPDATE, 8 pm: The adult has been confirmed dead as well.

Yiliang county, Yunnan province was hit by massive landslides yesterday that buried 19 people, including 18 children, and killed at least 10. A TV news show on Shanghai-based Dragon TV, amid an informative segment about the where/what/when of the matter, plopped in a rather… distracting depiction of the landslide. Take a gander for yourself.

Yes, it does look like the forest took a massive dump on a poor village. And yes, as a metaphor, it is good.

Original Youku video of the Dragon TV segment here:

Around 8 am yesterday, Zhenhe Village in Yiliang county, Zhaotong city, Yunnan province got hit by a devastating landslide measuring 10,000 cubic meters, according to China Daily. Nineteen people — 18 of whom were primary school students — were buried, and so far 10 are confirmed dead. Update: They’re all dead.

Yiliang is the same county that got rocked by a 5.6-magnitude earthquake on September 7, followed by devastating aftershocks. All told, 81 people died, more than 800 were injured and 200,000 displaced, with damages totaling upwards of 4 billion yuan.

And then there was this: schools were suspended for all students, forcing them to take make-up classes, which explains why school was in session during this national holiday week.

As for the landslide: residents have been relocated and rescue missions are on in earnest. The first 24 hours after a calamity are, of course, the most important, so let’s hope more survivors are found.

I’ve mashed together scenes from four videos found on this Youku playlist. The pictures are from Sohu and China News.

So far, this is the best look at the landslide, via Shanghaiist:

I know, totally should have been this, right?

Youku version of top video: