At least 15 people die after three days of heavy rain in southern China, according to state media reports, with eight of them killed in two building collapses from landslides in Fujian province.
At least 15 people have died in torrential rains across southern China, according to state media reports.Three children are swept away by floodwaters in Xincheng county, with two of them dyingEight people died in two building collapses from landslides in Fujian province, near China's east coast, the official Xinhua News Agency said, citing the Wuping county information office.
Five others died and three were missing in Yunnan province, about 1,200 kilometres away in south-western China, state broadcaster CCTV said in a report posted online. Three children were swept away by floodwaters on Friday in Xincheng country in the Guangxi region, authorities said. Two of them died and one survived.
The storm damaged roads, bridges and telecommunications and power facilities in Yunnan's Qiubei county, which is about 130 kilometres north of the border with Vietnam.
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