Rainstorms cause 65 deaths in China

Rainstorms have killed 65 people and left 30 others missing in eight provincial-level regions since June 28, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said. The downpours have triggered floods and landslides that have affected 17.44 million people in Jiangsu, Anhui and Shandong provinces in East China, Henan and Hubei provinces in Central China, Chongqing Municipality and Sichuan province in Southwest China and Shaanxi province in Northwest China, the ministry said, adding that 1.17 million people have been evacuated. About 982,400 hectares of farmland have been affected by bad weathers and about 66,000 houses have collapsed, the ministry said.