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The rain-triggered floods had affected some 2.63 million people in 11 provincial-level regions as of 2 p.m. Tuesday, the Ministry of Emergency Management said.
The heavy rain forced the relocation of about 228,000 people, destroyed over 1,300 houses and brought direct economic losses of over 4 billion yuan (about 566 million U.S. dollars), the ministry said.
In Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in south China, six people were killed and one is missing after days of downpours.
Over 1 million people have been affected by the floods, including 147,900 who were relocated to safe areas, the regional flood control and drought relief headquarters said Tuesday.
© Spot NewsThe kitchen where the incident occured.
The incident occurred on Saturday, June 6 around 4.30pm while the victim's daughter was home. The daughter recalled hearing three roars of thunder, seeing lightning flash towards the kitchen and feeling a large vibration throughout the apartment, which sent their front door flying open. She quickly rushed to the kitchen and found her 50-year-old mother on the floor with her face bright red and limbs severely burned.
The window where the lightning entered was smashed and glass littered the kitchen floor of the apartment. Her mother was immediately rushed to Bao'an District People's Hospital for treatment. This just goes to show: While being struck by lightning inside your home is rare, it's still possible.
The National Weather Service in Pocatello said it hasn't issued a winter weather product in June in at least 15 years.
"Winter in June is Snow much fun!" the Pocatello forecasters said on Twitter. "We haven't issued a Winter Weather product in June in at least 15 years. And here it is!"
Tropical Storm Cristobal made landfall along the Mississippi coast Sunday, with the rains arriving well before the storm made landfall and continuing throughout the night and into Monday before abating.
Etheridge, the county's emergency management director, said as much as 11 inches of rain fell in many parts of the county and the highest wind speed recorded at the Emergency Operations Center was 46 mph.
The highest storm surge -- 5.5 feet -- was recorded at the mouth of the Pascagoula River. Etheridge noted the storm arrived in conjunction with astronomical high tide, which already had water levels at two feet above normal.
Comment: Drone footage of the coastal flooding at Mandeville in the neighboring state of Louisiana: