Rain in the Inner Mongolia region caused flash floods on Sunday killing one person and leaving two missing, broadcaster CCTV reported.
Since Friday, rescue workers in various parts of southern China, including the southwestern province of Guizhou, have been moving people and livestock to safety from floods and landslides, the media outlet CGTN reported.
Intense rain lashed parts of Yunnan province over the weekend, sweeping cars down streets that looked like rivers, media reported. Mudslides in Sichuan province, also in the southwest, killed several people last week.
The rain-soaked Xiangxi area of southern Hunan province had suffered economic losses of about 575 million yuan, with 95,399 people and 6,648 hectares of crops affected, its emergency bureau said in a statement.
Meanwhile, northern China remains in the grip of unusually hot weather that set in earlier than normal and over larger areas, state media reported, citing the National Climate Center.
