China: 50 people killed, 12 others missing after three days of heavy rain
No fewer than 50 people have been killed while 12 others are missing following three days of heavy rain in southern China, authorities say.
The civil affairs department in central Hubei province said on Sunday that torrential rains caused the deaths of 27 people and left 12 missing since Thursday.
Nearly 400,000 people have been evacuated or are in need of aid in the province.
In mountainous Guizhou province in the southwest, the bodies of 23 people were found after a landslide buried a village on Friday, Dafang county government said. Seven people were injured.
Rainstorms soak the southern part of China every year, but this rainy season has been particularly wet.
The Yangtze River flood control headquarters has ordered local authorities to brace for severe floods..
