Authorities in southern China have evacuated 29,000 people from the provinces of Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangxi and Guizhou as well as from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, battered by continuous downpours.

Three people died. More than 1.2 million people have been affected by flashfloods and landslides caused by torrential rains that destroyed 1.500 homes and damaged 9.200 others. Vast areas of cropland have been flooded.