China has mobilized troops to help flood relief work and raised its disaster alert to the highest level as heavy rain continues to cause landslides and flooding in central and southern provinces. According to Ministry of Civil Affairs, rains and flooding in south China had left 25 people dead and 25 others missing over the past five days. Heavy rain, the third round of torrential downpours this month, has been falling since Monday, battering 10 southern provinces and forcing around 671,200 people to evacuate their homes. The landslides and mudslides have toppled homes, and the torrential rains that caused them are forecast to last throughout the weekend. . Elsewhere in the coastal province, a dike breached and flooded 18 villages. The Zhejiang provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters said torrential rain had triggered flooding and landslides, toppling 2,470 houses and flooding 351 roads.A total of 2.09 million people from 43 counties in nine of the province's 11 cities were affected. Flooding in China over the past two weeks has left more than 170 people dead or missing and forced out residents in regions along the Yangtze River.