At least 25 people were killed after torrential rains hit northwest China's Shaanxi Province over the past four days, bringing the death toll in this flooded region to 48, Xinhua reported. It included the death of 23 people in Shangluo City as of Aug. 1, according to local flood control authorities. At least 65 people remained missing. Of the total, 28 were washed away by torrential floods in Shangluo in July and 37 were engulfed by floods after downpours stroke many cities and counties in central and southern Shaanxi on Tuesday, according to the provincial flood control office. In the city of Ankang, rain-triggered floods have affected 420,000 people and toppled down more than 9,600 houses, resulting in 233 million yuan (30.8 million U.S. dollars) in economic losses. The provincial government has launched emergency disaster-relief schemes to help the affected people.
