China's top flood control authority announced Wednesday that floods have left 236 people dead and 101 others missing since the start of the year.

As of July 18, 28 provincial-level regions out of a total of 31 in the Chinese mainland have been inundated by floods that affected 48.94 million people. Around 1.6 million people were evacuated, according to a report released by the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters.

The disasters also toppled 200,000 houses and damaged more than 4.63 million hectares of crops, according to the report.

Torrential rain since last Wednesday has affected more than 2 million people in several southern Chinese provinces including Hunan, Anhui, and Guizhou.

Violent rainstorms recently affected 1.1 million residents in 44 counties and left 11 dead and three missing as of Monday afternoon in Guizhou province, according to local authorities. Enditem

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