Shanxi man dies in floods after reservoir collapses

A 70-year-old man was found dead in floods caused by a collapsed reservoir in North China's Shanxi province.

Qiao Tiansuo, a villager from Ganting township in Hongdong county, was dead when his son found him on Sunday morning under some branches near the walls of his collapsed home, the Beijing Times reported.

Qiao had left home on Friday night after the government told villagers about the flooding threat. He returned home on Saturday morning and died that afternoon when floods destroyed his house, the report said.

The floods were triggered by the collapse of the Quting Reservoir, where an irrigation pipeline caved in on Friday morning. All 18 million cubic meters of water from the reservoir had flowed into the nearby Fenhe River as of Sunday.

The Beijing Times reported that another elderly man died in the floods, but the government has not confirmed this.