50 killed in heavy flooding

Fifty people have been killed in accidents triggered by torrential rains over the past week in three provinces and an autonomous region, according to reports from various areas.

Twenty-six people are missing, hundreds of thousands affected and 4,000 residents stranded in one county.

Guizhou province was the worst hit, with 36 people killed by flash floods and 14 missing, followed by Hunan with seven deaths, Guangxi with four and Hubei with three.