China floods kill at least 35

CHINA: At least 35 people have died and 49 are missing after torrential downpours in southern China triggered heavy floods, and authorities have warned of more rain to come, state media said Wednesday.

More than 100,000 residents have been evacuated from their homes due to the floods, which damaged 7,000 houses and caused economic losses of 830 million yuan (120 million dollars), the official Xinhua news agency reported.

The provinces of Fujian and Sichuan, in China’s southeast and southwest respectively, as well as the southern region of Guangxi were the hardest hit, it said.

Torrential rain that started pelting parts of China’s south on Sunday were expected to continue into Thursday, the national meteorological centre said.

BEIJING, Wednesday, AFP