The city has mobilised 316,000 people, 5,032 cars, 20 steam boats and 50 water pumps in the rescue work. Eighteen more bodies were recovered on Monday in flood-hit China, pushing the toll due to heavy torrential rains to 271 killed or missing, prompting the army to mount a massive relief and rescue operation by deploying 59,000 troops. The army has deployed 59,000 troops to help with relief and rescue, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. In the devastation caused by torrential rains, the death toll has gone up to 150 and the number of those missing to 121. So far, over 210 km of roads and more than 570 pieces of electrical equipment have been repaired, the report said.

Source: dna July 25, 2016 11:37 UTC