NANNING, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) — Torrential rains have left one dead and three others missing in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the regional flood control and drought relief headquarters said on Monday.

    Rainstorms started to pelt Nanning, Baise, Hechi and Liuzhou in the region last Saturday, causing landslides and house collapses.

    According to latest forecast from the regional meteorological bureau, heavy downpours would continue to affect Guangxi in the next 24 hours.

    Floods and related disasters have claimed 1,138 lives and left 210 others missing throughout China as of August 27, according to statistics from the Ministry of Water Resources.

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