At least 16 people were killed and over 36 others went missing in heavy rains, landslides and flash floods in China's Sichuan and Shanxi provinces.
State television showed grim pictures of multi-story buildings as well as bridges with vehicles being washed away by surging flood waters in Sichuan province which also suffered extensive damage during the recent earthquake.
Twelve construction workers were killed and seven others injured when their make-shift house was buried under the debris of a collapsed wall in Shanxi Province. Two people were killed and 21 others went missing in a rainstorm-triggered landslide in Sichuan Province. Another landslide in the village of Shanxi in the city of Dujiangyan flattened 11 homes. Rainstorms have been battering the city since Monday evening, local officials said.
More than 2,000 people, who were trapped in a highway tunnel in Sichuan Province, have been rescued and relocated.