GUANGZHOU, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Fourteen people have been killed, four are missing and more than 20,000 others are displaced after floods and landslides triggered by rainstorms hit south China's Guangdong Province, local government said on Saturday.

    The rainstorm has brought down 3,100 houses and damaged 26,000 hectares of cropland, according to the provincial flood control authorities.

    Around 1.2 million people have been affected by the rainstorm, which also left 29 people injured.

    Heyuan, Shaoguan, Meizhou, Shanwei and Qingyuan were worst-hit areas.

    The rainstorm has caused an economic loss of 266 million yuan (35 million U.S. dollars) in Guangdong.

    Rescue efforts for stranded residents in floods are continuing.

    The provincial flood control headquarters has dispatched work teams to flood-hit areas and allotted 6.5 million yuan for relief efforts.