35 killed in China rainstorms

May 22, 2015 20:32

At least 35 people were killed and 13 others were missing in rainstorms that hammered large swathes of southern China this week, the government said today.

The southwestern province of Guizhou reported 11 deaths, the biggest toll so far, whereas in Fujian province, five people were killed by rain-triggered mudslides and four others drowned, the ministry of civil affairs said. In Jiangxi province, one person was kill by lightning strikes, two by mudslides and five by collapsed buildings.

The rest of the deaths were reported in Hunan and Guangdong provinces and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Heavy rain and occasional thunderstorms have battered China's southern regions since last week.

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