China floods

Floods caused by torrential rains hit two provinces that were devastated by last month's earthquake, killing at least five people and increasing the misery for thousands who were left homeless, officials said Wednesday. A number of other people were reported missing.

Major flooding has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people in southern China, with more rain expected.

The manufacturing hub of Guangdong suspended classes, office work and public transport amid rising waters and the threat of landslides.

In the neighboring province of Jiangxi, almost 500,000 people have seen damage to their homes and their lives uprooted.

Turkish aid bodies delivered 20 tents to victims of flash floods that swept Sudan in August.

At least five people were killed by torrential rains in Ankang, Northwest China. Because of the disaster, the authorities evacuated more than 27,000 inhabitants of the city and the surrounding areas, NOVA writes.

At least seven people were killed and two went missing due to floods and landslides in Turkey's Black Sea province of Artvin on Aug. 24, the governor has announced.

Eight people were killed and two went missing due to floods and landslides in Turkey's Black Sea province of Artvin on Aug. 24, the governor has announced.

The death toll in China's latest round of flooding has risen to at least 52, including two schoolchildren aboard a bus carrying more than twice its authorized passenger load that plunged into a pond, authorities said.

“More than a million people are without water, around a quarter of the population has been endangered by this catastrophe,” Foreign Minister Zlatko Lagumdija said on Monday.

Some 100,000 houses have been damages across the country, he added.