At least 10 people have died and 33 remain missing after flash floods struck Yuzhong County in China’s northwestern Gansu province, Chinese state media reported Friday.
Heavy rains since Thursday triggered flash floods and a landslide in mountainous areas near Lanzhou city, according to state broadcaster CCTV. The downpour caused power and telecom outages in the Xinglong Mountain area, leaving over 4,000 people stranded across four villages, reports AP/UNB .
Three people went missing following a landslide in Maliantan village in Yuzhong County late Thursday. Local authorities reported that maximum rainfall reached 195 millimeters (7.7 inches) by early Friday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for full-scale rescue and flood prevention efforts.
Heavy rains are affecting several parts of China. In Guangzhou, seven people died and seven were injured after a flood-triggered landslide buried homes in the northern Baiyun district Wednesday. In Zhengzhou, Henan province, authorities closed schools, offices, factories, and restricted traffic in flood-prone areas, recalling the catastrophic 2021 floods that killed at least 292 people.