Heavy rains are set to break the heatwave lingering across much of China Thursday, according to a forecast from China's National Meteorological Center (NMC).
Torrential rain caused flash floods in the county at about 10 pm on July 6, leaving 12 dead and 3 missing. Traffic and communications were also affected.
Five people are dead and eight are missing after torrential rains caused flash floods in Huangyuan county, Northwest China's Qinghai province, according to the county government.
Heavy rains are expected for some regions along the Yangtze River in the following three days, the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) forecast Sunday.
Persistent heavy rains and the resulting floods, which struck 11 south China provinces from June 13 to 29, caused significantly greater economic and human losses compared to floods in the same period over the past five years.
As of Wednesday, flooding in China has killed 392 people this year, with 143 still missing, the nation' s flood control authority said Wednesday.
Heavy rainfalls have ended in South China's flood-battered Provinces and water levels of major rivers in Jiangxi and Hunan provinces are receding, according to the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters (SFDH) Sunday.
The dike, which was breached after days of torrential rains in east China Jiangxi Province, is likely to be repaired no later than Monday as rapid progress has been made since Friday, said local flood control officials Sunday.
Forecasts indicate that south China will see an end next week to the torrential rains that have killed more than 200 people in recent weeks, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) said Saturday.
More than 400 workers and soldiers narrowed a 400-meter gap in a dike on east China's Fuhe River by more than 200 meters as of 10 p.m. Saturday. 
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Floods in China have killed 379 people this year as of Saturday, and left 141 missing, the flood control authority said Saturday.
More than 400 workers and soldiers narrowed a 400-meter gap in a dike on east China's Fuhe River by 80 meters as of 11 am Saturday, as floods that have killed 235 people ravaged the south of the country for the 12th day.
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