Vehicles battled the flood waters as streets were turned into rivers
The provincial civil affairs bureau said the rain-triggered floods had hit 11 cities and counties in the Guizhou province since Friday, affecting at least 270,000 people.
At least 35 people are missing in the floods, which have toppled thousands of homes, washed away hundreds of cars and destroyed roads and bridges.
The Wangmo County, where all 14 deaths were reported, was among the worst hit with some 45,000 people forced to evacuate when the floodwaters inundated the area on Monday.
Another 3,000 people are said to be still stranded there, county officials said.
Authorities added the waters flattened 300 houses and left 2,400 submerged, while 21 square miles (5,500 hectares) of farmland was under water in the county, which is home to eight million people.
Power and water supplies and telecommunication services were also affected.
While thousands of school children in the affected towns have had to stay at home with dozens of classrooms submerged following the floods.
The flooding follows months - and in some cases, years - of crop-destroying droughts in the centre and north of the country.
The showers are a welcome relief for some as the Yangtze River almost runs dry
More than a thousand small lakes are on the brink of drying up, and have been declared "dead" by the authorities. Millions of people face shortages of drinking water.
Last month, in order to avert the worst effects of the drought, the Chinese Government announced it had turned to "weather modification" - firing liquid nitrogen-filled rockets into the sky to encourage precipitation.
It is not known if this method was what caused the latest onslaught of wet weather.
Obviously, the floods and the droughts are in different areas. Or is it that obvious?
Whatever is going on, it seems they are suffering from climate problems similar to those here in the US. Here in Seattle it's June and we've only had two really warm "summer" days so far this year. Other than that, nothing special to report.
But here's something to consider: Things like this can be anticipated to some extent. And in some regions, like along the Mississippi, levies are built to protect from flooding. And in other regions water works are built to help keep more arid land from getting too dry. But these projects seem to be just the minimum needed to get by. No responsible body seems willing to commit enough resources to do a good, thorough job of protecting people, land (topsoil), and property from various forms of destruction. The only security is in abundance. And all we hear about is shortages.
That makes me think that somebody is planning it this way. Why don't we demand planners that can take the planet in a more pro-survival direction?