In China, the death toll from the rain-triggered landslide in the northwestern Shaanxi Province has risen to 17 with 15 people remain missing. According to provincial authorities, rescue efforts are going on. The landslide occurred on Saturday when almost 100,000 cubic meters of rock and mud were unleashed down a mountain in Baqiao, a suburban district of Xi'an. The deputy mayor with Xi'an municipal government said the landslide buried a brick factory and destroyed part of a nearby ceramics plant.Meanwhile, authorities with the city government said the rain-triggered flood has affected 240,000 people in Hanbin District of Ankang City. Officials said about 4,386 houses have been collapsed, with another 11,280 damaged in the region and as of Monday morning, over 44,7000 people have been relocated. The flood submerged large areas of farmland and some rural and urban streets.