Eight people were confirmed dead and another missing in floods that pelted Huludao City of northeast China's Liaoning Province last week, according to the provincial headquarters for flood control and drought relief on Monday.

Search for the missing person is continuing and local people have begun rebuilding their homes, according to the headquarters.

Economic losses caused by the floods are being calculated.

Flash downpours hit Huludao from zero hour of June 29 to 8:00 a.m. of June 30, causing flooding in the Wuli and Lianshan rivers that run through the city and bursts of dams of the rivers.

The highest rainfall was reported at 243 mm in Huludao, a record since 1991.

(Xinhua News Agency July 3, 2006)