© Xinhua/Wang XiaoA vehicle destroyed in floods is seen in Daxian Village of Xingtai City, north China's Hebei Province, July 24, 2016.
One more official was also suspended for alleged poor flood control measures in Hebei, where the disaster killed at least 130 people.
The latest official to be disciplined over alleged mismanagement of flood control and disaster relief was Guo Tongheng, deputy Communist Party secretary of Xingtai's Wangkuai township, Xingtai authorities said.
The announcement came after four officials from Xingtai, Shijiazhuang and Jingxing in Hebei province were suspended over mismanaging the flood response, pending the outcome of further investigation.
Hebei was hit by severe flooding last week. In Jingxing county, one of the worst-hit areas, 36 people were reported dead and another 35 missing.
According to China News Service, officials in the county refused to make public a list of the missing.
"It's a taboo to release the identities of the dead as per our local folk culture without the consent of family members," a Jingxing propaganda official said.
But residents have been posting online contact information of their missing relatives along with pictures and detailed descriptions, in the hope of finding them.
On Sunday, upstream Xingtai residents were seen blocking government officials and police officers from closing the Fuyou floodgate.
The residents then clashed with people living downstream, resulting in injuries to two civilians, nine police officers and one employee of an aid agency, according to a Ningjun county government announcement.
The Fuyou floodgate remained "semi-closed" but the final say on whether to close the gate was in the hands of more senior government officials.
The village of Daxian, in Xingtai, was another disaster zone that suffered heavy casualties last week in a midnight flash flood that officials said killed 17, including children. One person was also missing.
In addition to Hebei, many parts of northern China also experienced torrential rains resulting in severe flooding.
Floodwaters of more than one meter deep submerged downtown Xian, the capital city of Shanxi province, according to state broadcaster China Central Television. On Sunday night, the city had over 100mm of rain in just two hours.
Services on some local subway lines had to be suspended due to water pouring into underground stations.
The meteorological authorities also issued warnings for more heavy rain expected to hit the country's northeast in the days to come while the nation's southern provinces swelter in high temperatures.
Comment: Aside from the humanitarian and environmental toll, and growing public outrage over the official handling of this latest flooding in China, provincial authorities stated recently that direct economic losses amounted to 16.3 billion yuan (2.5 billion U.S. dollars).