In Sichuan, 31 people were missing in Wenchuan County, which was also the epicenter of a magnitude-8 earthquake in May 2008.

More than 8,000 villagers were evacuated from below two “quake lakes” that were formed after landslides blocked sections of the Minjiang River. Local authorities planned to use explosives to clear the blockages. China suffered the worst floods in at least a decade this summer. Floods and other rain-triggered disasters have left more than 2,300 people dead and 1,200 missing nationwide this year.

(Source: Xinhua)