Floods in China cost deaths. Flash floods in southwest and northwest China have left at least a dozen dead and put thousands of others in harm's way. In the southwestern province of Sichuan, at least six people have died and another 12 are missing after torrential rain. Shegid flash floods and about 1,300 people had been evicted. Meanwhile in Longnan city, in the northwestern province of Gansu, another six deaths were reported and 3,000 people had been evicted. State Procester CCTV said, rainfall over one and a half days was as much as 98.9mm in the worst affected areas, almost double the July average. With rainstorms continuing to last southern and eastern regions, including Guangdong, Guolsi and Jiangxi. State media said some 85 rivers nationwide have experienced floods above the warning level. In the low-lying Pearl River basin, which encompasses Guangdong and Guangxi, the dam ports have dangerous leaves wound some 54 waterways, threatening manufacturing, shipping, and logistics operation at the time when supply chains are already stressed because of China's strict COVID-19 controls. Authorities in Guangdong said that more than 200,000 people have been evicted over the course of the disaster, and that damage so far is estimated at 1.7 billion yuan. Shangguan also issued a red flood alert, the most serious, after multiple rural counties and the major city of Falshuan upgraded their flood warnings in recent days. Enabling Guangxi in region, muddy water was seen flooding urban areas and emergency rescuers were seen evocuating villages on rubber dinging. The rains come, amid a heat wave in parts of the country, including East Danyanjiang, Province and the city of Shanghai, with temperatures sowing as high as 42 degrees Celsius. This is BBS News, thank you for listening.