CHENGDU - Floods and landslides triggered by continuous rainstorms have left at least 34 people dead and 87 missing in west China's Sichuan and Shaanxi provinces, local authorities said Monday.In Sichuan, 26 people were dead and 30 missing, a spokesman with the Sichuan Provincial Water Resources Department said.Almost 9 million people were affected and 800,000 were evacuated, the spokesman said.Direct economic losses were estimated at about 5 billion yuan (US$735 million), he said.In Ankang, Shaanxi, flash floods and landslides on Sunday had killed eight people and left 57 missing, a municipal government spokesman said.In the mountainous county of Langao in Ankang, about 20 people are missing after landslides and mud-rock flows struck several villages late Sunday, the spokesman said.China Daily
