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Liputan6.com, Beijing: Torrential rains and floods that struck in China, has now killed 107 people were killed and 59 people missing. The victims are spread across ten provinces and cities, the majority live along the Yangtze River. Thus China's Ministry of Civil Affairs announced on Tuesday (13 / 7) morning local time.

Reportedly, devastating floods have caused 29 million people and 997 thousand people were evacuated. The economic loss has reached 19.75 billion yuan or about U.S. $ 2.89 billion. A total of 93 thousand houses and 252 thousand hectares of crops were destroyed [read: Floods Kill Dozens of people].

China Meteorological Agency estimates, followed by flooding rains will occur until the next three days in several provinces. Namely, Guizhou, Sichuan Hubei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui. including Chongqing Municipality. Heavy rain will also flushed southern Qinghai, eastern Inner Mongolia, eastern Liaoning, Gansu and Yunnan as part of the west.

Ministry of Health said the government's flood-stricken areas have not reported the existence of an epidemic or public health emergencies. (ANS / Xinhua)