71 die in China flooding, landslides
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The death toll from flooding and landslides in southern China has risen to at least 71, with more rain forecast for the area, state media reported Tuesday.
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China issued emergency flood warnings for central and eastern parts of the nation Tuesday, after torrential downpours led to the deaths of at least 127 in the past eight days.
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Floods and landslides caused by heavy rains killed at least 26 people in the northern Philippines, disaster officials said Tuesday, a week after storms left about 160 dead or missing.
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Storms are expected to batter large  swathes of China again on Monday after floods, landslides and  lightning killed more than 150 people last week alone, state  media said.
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At least 161 people have died in China as the country battles the worst flooding in a century. Villages downstream on the Yangtze River are braced for further deluges and water levels are expected to peak
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BEIJING -- At least 143 people in southwestern China have been killed and dozens more are missing in massive floods and landslides triggered by torrential summer rains, officials and state television reported yesterday.
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Torrential rains, mud flows and lightning strikes have killed at least 59 people in China this week, state media reported Thursday.
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China&#39;s Sichuan province faced the threat of epidemics yesterday after the worst flooding in a century killed at least 172 people and
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Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 26 people and left 17 missing in southwest China's Sichuan province in the last week, state media reported Sunday.
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BEIJING, China -- Torrential floods in southwest China have killed as many as 100 people prompting officials to call in the military to help rescue scores of people and locate dozens of missing.
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Thirty-seven people died in a 16-hour  thunder storm in southwest China that caused heavy flooding and  brought air, road and rail traffic to a halt, the government  and state media said on Wednesday.
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China's Sichuan province faced the  threat of epidemics on Wednesday after the worst flooding in a  century killed at least 172 people and left scores missing,  while water levels at the huge Three Gorges Dam swelled.
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Floods in China killed more than 1,000  people this year, destroyed 650,000 village homes and caused  64.7 billion yuan ($7.82 billion) in direct economic losses,  the official Xinhua News agency said.
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BEIJING - Torrential floods in south-western China have claimed at least 90 lives, leaving 77 others missing. Local officials yesterday sought help from the military in rescuing hundreds trapped by mudslides and caved-in roads.
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The worst typhoon to hit China in seven years killed at least 164 people and another 24 were listed as missing, Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.
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At least 64 people are now known to have died as a result of torrential rain in south-western China.
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Torrential floods in south-west China have claimed at least 76 lives, while mudslides and collapsed roads have trapped hundreds more, Chinese state media reported today.