Heavy rainfall block the traffic in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, July 15, 2010. Jingdezhen receives an average rainfall of 120 millimeters on Thursday. (Xinhua/Zhang Wu)
BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) -- At least 135 people had been confirmed dead and 41 are missing, as some of the worst flooding in years continues in south China.
By 4 p.m. Thursday, close to 35.5 million people in 10 southern provinces and Chongqing Municipality had been affected by continuous rainstorms and floods since July 1, the Civil Affairs Ministry said in a notice on its website.
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