Heavy rain that hit north and northeast China last week left 164 people dead with another 125 missing. Some 126,000 houses collapsed and 344,000 houses were damaged to varying degrees. Floods also affected 1.18 million hectares of crops. Total direct economic losses were estimated at 31.14 billion yuan ($4.7 billion).
In the photo: floods in Shaanxi Province of China.
Photo by Xinhua-BelTA.
