Two people were killed and another one was missing as downpour continued for a week in south China's Guangdong province, said local authorities on Sunday.
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Downpour continued for a week in south China's Guangdong province.
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Torrential rains triggered flood in the Pingyuan and Jiaoling counties in the Meizhou city in eastern Guangdong, where maximum rainfall in three hours had reached 191.5 millimeters, a record high in 100 years, according to the Guangdong provincial hydrology bureau.
Landslide killed two, injuring one and leaving another one missing. Twenty-eight roads were cut, houses in 157 households were toppled and about 1,287 hectares of crops were ruined. A total of 15,140 people were affected by the rains.
More than 100 soldiers and armed police were involved in repairing the roads, preventing possible landslides and helping with evacuation.
