Floods affect 1.35 million people in SW China's Sichuan

As of Tuesday, floods have caused 21 people dead or missing in southwest China's Sichuan Province, affecting the lives of 1.35 million people, said local officials.

More than 3,300 houses have collapsed amid the floods, causing direct financial loss worth over 4.2 billion yuan (over 60 million U.S. dollars.) 

Sichuan provincial authorities said they had helped more than 110,000 people evacuate since the start of the floods, and avoided 841 casualties.