31 people dead or missing since July as floods batter S. China

31 people have died or are missing and 23.85 million people have been affected due to floods in 24 provincial regions, including east China's Anhui and Jiangxi provinces since July, the Ministry of Emergency Management said on Sunday.

Since July, he floods have caused 16,000 houses to collapse and led to direct economic losses worth 64.39 billion yuan (some 9.21 billion U.S. dollars).