Floodwaters surging through Himalayan foothills in western China have swept away bridges, houses and hillsides, leaving at least 25 people dead and dozens missing.
Flooding in Sichuan was the worst for 50 years in some areas of the province, with more than 100,000 people forced to evacuate their homes.
Nationwide at least 44 people have died, around 66 are missing and at least 1.6
million have been otherwise affected since Sunday, according to figures
from the civil affairs ministry and the official Xinhua news agency.
Thousands of homes have been destroyed or damaged and transportation has been brought to a virtual standstill in hard-hit areas.
Many of the casualties in Sichuan were from a massive landslide at a resort
outside the city of Dujiangyan. A hillside collapsed on to clusters of holiday cottages where Dujiangyan residents go to escape summer heat, a survivor told Xinhua.
"The noise was like thunder and went on for two or three minutes. My first thought was that I too would be buried," Gao Quanshi, 47, was quoted as saying. Phone lines were cut, so villagers had to trek to nearby government offices to call for help, he added.
Floodwaters surging through Himalayan foothills in western China have swept away bridges, houses and hillsides, leaving at least 25 people d ead and dozens missing.
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