Seven people have died and two are missing after rains triggered
floods and rock-mud in southwest China's Yunnan Province, local government sources said
on Thursday.
Five people were killed by rock-mud flow and one drowned in
floodwaters in Fuyuan County, which had a precipitation of 120
millimeters from Saturday to Monday, according to the local
government.
The rainstorm affected about 72,000 people in 101 villages and
damaged 827 homes, it said.
The county has allocated 2.05 million yuan (US$270,000) for
disaster relief.
In Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County, a worker at a local
mine pit was killed by rock-mud flow on Wednesday and two in
another pit were swept away and are still missing.
Rescuers are still searching the two.
Floods, hail and rock-mud flows have left at least 170 dead and
10 missing in Yunnan this summer.
More than 800 people have been dead or missing in China from
natural disasters this year.
(Xinhua News Agency August 3, 2007)