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Photo taken on July 27, 2010 shows the scene after a landslide took place in Hanyuan County, southwest China' Sichuan Province. Twenty-one people were missing after a rain-triggered landslide hit villages in Hanyuan County Tuesday morning, local officials said. (Xinhua/Tang Liang)
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The mud flow was due to a lasting rainstorm in the mountainous region since July 25, officials said.
Meanwhile, in central China's Henan Province, rescuers continued to search for 13 people missing three days after a bridge collapsed amid flash floods.
The Yi River Bridge collapsed at about 5 p.m. Saturday in Luanchuan County, Luoyang City, plunging 42 people on it into the rushing waters, a local government spokesman said Tuesday.
Rescuers found 28 bodies and only one survivor.
In its Monday update, the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters said floods this year had left 823 people dead and another 437 missing as of Monday morning.
The direct economic loss had mounted to 154.1 billion yuan, more than double that of previous flood losses incurred in any single year since 2000.
