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South China downpour claims 35 lives

Xinhua, May 22, 2015 Adjust font size:

At least 35 people have been killed in rainstorms that hammered large swathes of southern China this week, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said on Friday.

Another 13 were missing, it said.

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.

In Jiangxi province, one person was kill by lightening 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.

Heavy rain and occasional thunderstorms have battered China's southern regions since last week. Endi