Torrential rains that plagued southern China for days have killed 66 people and resulted in 12 missing by 6:00 p.m. (Beijing time) on Sunday, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
"Floods caused by heavy rains have affected about 294,800 hectares of crops, completely destroying 53,000 hectares of them," said an official with the ministry,
The floods have torn down 48,000 and damaged 94,000 houses in southern China, and forced about 591,000 people to evacuate from their homes, the official said.
From Wednesday to Saturday, continuous torrential rains, mudslides and floods hit Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Jiangxi and Fujian, affecting more than 8.97 million people.
The disasters have caused an overall economic loss of more than 2.9 billion yuan (371 million U.S. dollars), according to the ministry.
The ministry has sent rescue teams to the disaster areas to assist relief work.
In Guangdong, heavy rains have killed 18 people and left four missing by 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, according to local authorities.
A total of 1.72 million people were affected in the province, which has evacuated 72,400 people from their homes.
Floods have damaged 49 roads in the seriously affected Meizhou City, of which 29 remained closed to traffic by 7:00 p.m.
Death toll in torrential floods in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has reached 13 and one remained missing by Sunday, according to local civil affairs authority.
More than 1.97 million people have been affected after the floods triggered by continuous heavy rains hit some 40 counties since Wednesday.
According to the local civil affairs bureau, 9,200 houses were knocked down and 75,181 hectares of crops were affected, incurring 529 million yuan (about 70 million U.S. dollars) in direct economic losses.
The rainstorms have subsided and the rainbelt is moving out of Guangxi, but the water levels in major rivers will keep rising in next few days, according to the latest forecast of the region's meteorological bureau on Sunday afternoon.
根据公安部消息称,截止到星期日下午6点,在南方地区的暴雨已经造成66人死亡,12人失踪. 公安部一位官员称:"由大雨引发的洪水已经影响到了约294,000公倾的农作物,其中53,000公倾完全被毁." 在南方地区洪水已经淹没了48,000房屋并破坏了94,000房屋,致使约591,000人从家中撤离,这位官员同时说到. 从上周3到周6,连续的暴雨,泥湿流和洪水袭击了湖南、广东、广西、贵州、江西和福建，受灾群众多达８９７万人．据报，这场灾害造成的经济损失超过了２９亿元．公安部已派遣救援队协助善后工作．根据当地政府消息，在广东，截止到周日下午３点，大雨已造成１８人死亡４日失踪．该省有１７２万人受此影响，有７２，４００人从家中撤离．在广西壮族自治州，当地公安局消息，截止到周日暴雨已导致了１３人死亡，１人失踪．从周３开始的连续大雨袭击了４０个县，超过１９７万人受到洪水影响．在这场洪灾中， 有９，２００座房屋被毁，７５，１８１公倾受灾，直接的经济损失５.２９亿元．根据当地气象台周日下午发布的消息称，暴雨逐渐在减弱而且雨带正在移出广西，但是主要河流的水位在接下来的几天内会上涨．
