At least nine people are missing Monday after a rain-triggered landslide engulfed two vehicles in east China's Fujian Province, local officials said.

A bus carrying 12 people and a car carrying an unknown number of people were hit by the landslide at around 12 a.m. in Yanping District, Nanping City, said Zhang Guowang, head of the district's Committee of the Communist Party of China.

"Three people on the bus have been rescued as of 3 p.m., and rescuers are still searching for the others," said Huang Xiong, head of the district government.

It was not immediately known how many people were in the car and whether they were buried or not.

Heavy rainstorms have pounded Fujian since Sunday and more rain is forecast for Monday and Tuesday.