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People make their way with boats through a flooded area in Liuzhou, Guangxi province, China, July 2, 2017.
People make their way with boats through a flooded area in Liuzhou, Guangxi province, China, July 2, 2017.
Parts of southern China are still recovering from deadly flooding and landslides after a period of heavy rain between 22 and 26 June, 2017.
After a few days respite, the heavy rain began again on 29 June and severe flooding has been reported in central and southern Guizhou, central and northern parts of Guangxi and northern Hunan, according to China's Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA).
Other areas currently affected include Zhejiang, Guangdong, Yunnan, northern Jiangxi, eastern Hubei, southern Anhui and parts of Chongqing and Sichuan provinces.
MCA reported on 04 July that 56 people have died and 22 were missing. Twenty-seven thousand houses have been destroyed and over 180,000 damaged. Vast areas of crops have also been damaged. Total economic losses have exceeded 25 billion yuan.
Comment: See also this earlier report for more dramatic images and videos: Swathes of south China flooded; 33 dead,15 missing and hundreds of thousands evacuated