Storms set to hit southwest of China

The storm clouds that caused heavy rains across North China on the weekend, claiming lives and causing traffic chaos, are expected to move to the country's southwest in the next 10 days, the national weather forecaster said on Sunday.

The China Meteorological Administration forecast 100 to 160 millimeters of rain to fall on Sichuan and Yunnan provinces before Thursday and that tropical storm Vincente will arrive in Guangdong and Hainan provinces on Monday or Tuesday, bringing gales and rainstorms to places along the country's coasts.

The amount of rain expected to fall in those areas from July 23 to July 31 may be double the average annual rainfall of the past two decades during the same period, according to the weather forecast.