In China, at least 20 people have been killed in rain-triggered landslides in the southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Officials said rescuers are searching for at least 27 people who were buried by landslides in Wuzhou and Yulin cities.<br/><br/>Heavy rains began pounding Guangxi on Monday, triggering landslides early today that left seven people dead in Cenxi County and 13 in Rongxian County. <br/><br/>By this morning, rainstorms had pounded 19 counties of seven cities, forced the evacuations of 66,473 people and caused direct economic losses of 600 million yuan. <br/><br/>According to Guangxi's Civil Affairs Department, the rainstorms damaged 3,260 homes and 103,450 hectares of crops.
News On AIR | June 2, 2010 7:13 PM
Rain-triggered Landslides kill 20 in China