The provincial emergency command center said the landslide hit Yuelin Village in Hengyang City around 8 a.m.
It swept away part of a residential house, burying 18 people.
Fifteen people were killed and six others injured in the landslide, the official Xinhua news agency reported. The landslide was reportedly triggered by flash flooding on a mountain.
The injured were taken to hospital.
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More than 300 rescuers have been dispatched to the scene and rescue efforts have been completed, the report said.
China has experienced a summer of extreme weather, with flash floods in the north and southwest.
A tropical storm hit the country last week.
Gaemi’s cyclonic winds, downgraded to a typhoon, had largely dissipated by July 28, but many parts of China remained on alert for flooding risks from earlier rains.
The remnants of Gaemi could dump more rain on already flooded towns, forecasters warned.
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