A tourist (R) is rescued by rescue personnel in Yunyang County, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, on the night of July 11, 2009. Seven tourists were killed and 12 others remained missing after a rainstorm triggered floods in a canyon in Chongqing Municipality on Saturday, the local government said Sunday. (Xinhua/Li Jinfa) Photo Gallery>>>

    CHONGQING, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Rain-triggered floods and landslides have left 12 people dead and 13 missing in Chongqing Municipality over the past three days, the local flood-control authority said Sunday.

    Seven of a 35-member tourist group were killed by sudden mountain torrents in an undeveloped canyon in Wanzhou District Saturday, and 12 members of the self-organized expedition remained missing as of Sunday, Chongqing's flood control and drought relief headquarters said.

    Rain-triggered mud flows have left two people dead and four missing in Kaixian and Yunyang counties respectively.

    Continuous rain began to pelt northeastern Chongqing at about 8p.m. Thursday, affecting 151,600 people in 106 townships and forcing 3,883 people to evacuate as of Sunday.

A tourist (2nd R) is rescued by rescue personnel in Yunyang County, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, on the night of July 11, 2009. Seven tourists were killed and 12 others remained missing after a rainstorm triggered floods in a canyon in Chongqing Municipality on Saturday, the local government said Sunday. (Xinhua/Li Jinfa) Photo Gallery>>>

    Precipitation reached more than 100 millimeters in 59 locations while Chengkou County reported the maximum of 342.7 millimeters.

    Heavy rainfall flooded 9,000 hectares of cropland and damaged infrastructure facilities, incurring more than 100 million yuan (14.6million U.S. dollars) in economic loss.

    Weather forecasts said moderate rain or downpour will hit the north and northeastern part of Chongqing from Sunday to Monday.

    In the neighboring Sichuan Province, ceaseless rainfall had left two people missing and more than 100,000 others displaced as of Saturday.

    While in the central province of Hunan, a heavy rain also left one person dead and four others missing by Saturday.

A car wades through the inundated street of the Daxian County in Dazhou City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 11, 2009. Strong rainfalls hit large area of Dazhou after the noon on Sunday. A total of 10,2000 residents were transfered to safe place and 2 persons were reported missing during the disaster. (Xinhua/Deng Liangkui) Photo Gallery>>>

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