Torrential rain caused floods that left at least one person dead and 15 missing, and forced the evacuation of nearly 90,000 in southern China, the government and state media reported on Monday. The floods affected some 200,000 people in the south-western province of Guizhou, where authorities reported 60,000 evacuated and the 16 people dead or missing, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said. In an earlier report, the ministry said at least 13 people were missing and 20,000 evacuated in Guizhou's worst-hit area, Wangmo county, DPA reported. Floods damaged 300 homes, cut power lines, blocked roads and caused estimated direct economic losses of 35 million yuan (5.4million dollars) in Wangmo.
