Heavy rain across China has left at least 28 people dead and 66 missing, officials reported on Thursday, after landslides crushed homes, bridges collapsed, and dozens of villages were cut off.
The storms, which began on Sunday, have affected more than three million people, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said on its website.
Nearly half of those – 1.45 million people – were in Sichuan, where 62 were missing, the government of the southwestern province said on its Sina Weibo microblog account.
At least 18 people died after a landslide on Wednesday engulfed homes in Zhongxing in the province, the state news agency Xinhua reported on Thursday, citing local authorities.
Footage on state broadcaster CCTV showed a wide rush of muddy water, though a reporter said levels had fallen.
Another 12 people were unaccounted for Wednesday after landslides at a village in Mianyang in the province, the Sichuan government said.