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A wall collapsed on a house in China's eastern Guangxi region, killing at least 20 people, state media report.

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By . Kieran Corcoran . A wall collapsed onto a house full of of Chinese workers, killing 18 of them and injuring three more. The workers, from the recycling plant in Qingdao, eastern China, had taken shelter in the house to escape heavy rain, according to state media. But the storm was so fierce that it waterlogged the ground around the house, causing a nearby wall, which was holding back tonnes of earth, to collapse on top of it. Scroll down for video . Search: Rescuers in Qingdao, eastern China, hunt through the rubble after a wall collapsed in heavy rain . Shelter: 40 workers from the Qingdao recycling plant were taking shelter when a the retaining wall collapsed . According to the Xinhua news agency, 40 people were gathered in the house at the time of the collapse earlier today. The Qingdao government information office said that authorities were investigating the collapse. China's eastern coastal and southern regions have been drenched by heavy rains in recent days. Two other deaths in Hunan province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region were linked to the rains as flooding and landslides hit swathes of the country. Destroyed: Three people were also injured in the crush, which happened earlier today .