Torrential rain from tropical storm Fengshen has killed nine in south China's Guangdong Province, Xinhua quoted the local authority as saying. The strong rain had affected about 340,000 people, destroyed more than 1,200 houses and inundated more than 640,000 hectares of crops, a provincial flood control headquarters spokesman said. It had also damaged roads, power lines, reservoirs and embankments. The total direct economic loss was estimated at about1.2 billion Yuan (175 million U.S. dollars), the spokesman said.
