11 Dead, 27 Missing in SW China Rainstorms
Eleven people are dead and 27 others are missing amid the heavy flooding in Chongqing.
The missing include 11 coal miners, who were buried by a landslide on Monday morning.
The Municipal government of Chongqing says the heavy rains and flooding have forced close to 40-thousand people from their homes.
More than 22 hundred homes have been destroyed.
Rain-triggered landslides also formed two barrier lakes in the region.
The Chongqing government has already earmarked 70 million yuan for disaster relief.
And for more on the weather condition in Chongqing and other parts of China, we are now joined live with Wang Tianyi is with the China Meteorological Administration.
Wang Tianyi with the China Meteorological Administration.
