Overnight thunderstorms brought new misery to a remote area of north-western China today as the death toll from weekend flooding and massive landslides rose to 1,117.

The death toll from China’s floods rose to more than 1,100 today, with another 600 people still missing.

Heavy rains today lashed a remote section of north-western China where weekend flooding killed at least 702 people, as hopes of finding more survivors faded and crews worked to stave off outbreaks of disease.

The death toll from landslides in north-western China more than doubled today to more than 700.

Rescuers in three countries across Asia struggled to reach survivors from massive flooding that afflicted millions of people, as the death toll climbed in a remote Chinese town where hundreds died and more than 1,100 were missing from landslides.

More than 1,300 people were feared dead today after flash floods and landslides struck north-west China.

Heavy rain hindered efforts by workers to repair reservoirs and place sandbags along breached riverbanks today as the death toll from China’s worst flooding in a decade climbed above 1,000.

Work crews raced to drain fast-rising reservoirs on opposite sides of China today, following torrential rains that triggered deadly landslides in several mountain hamlets.

Unusually heavy seasonal flooding in China has killed at least 155 people and forced more than 1 million to flee as water levels in some areas reached their highest for more than a decade, the government said today.

Fears were raised today over the safety of scores of China's giant pandas in the wake of last month's huge earthquake.

At least 55 people have died and seven are missing in flooding across a broad stretch of southern China, state media reported today.

Heavy rains in southern China triggered floods that killed six people and forced the evacuation of 150,000 residents, state media reported today.

Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicentre today, fearful of potential flooding from a lake where water levels were reported to be rising dangerously.

Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 94 people and left 25 others missing in seven Chinese provinces, state media reported today.

China’s death toll from Typhoon Saomai has risen to 134 today after rescuers found 20 more bodies today, a government news agency reported.

China’s death toll from Typhoon Saomai rose to 114 today as authorities said some victims were evacuees who died when buildings used as shelters collapsed in the strongest storm to hit China in more than five decades.

The death toll from Tropical Storm Prapiroon jumped to 57, with 16 more people missing, after the storm knocked down houses and set off landslides and flash floods in China, news reports said today.

China’s death toll from Tropical Storm Prapiroon has jumped to 48, with 15 more people missing, after the storm knocked down houses and set off landslides and flash floods, news reports said.

China ordered ships to take shelter, cancelled flights and evacuated 256,000 people as tropical storm Bilis churned toward its southern coast today.

Flooding and landslides in areas throughout China have killed 536 people over the past two weeks, forcing the evacuation of 1.4 million and making this one of the deadliest summer rainy seasons in a decade, the government said today.

Nearly 900,000 people have been evacuated from two regions of southern China where at least 46 have died in flooding that was the worst in a century for some areas, the government said today.

The death toll in torrential flooding in a mountainous region of southern China has risen to 32, while more than 300,000 people were evacuated following the worst flooding to hit the area in a century, news reports said today.

Power use in Beijing has hit a record high as millions of people in northern China turned up air conditioning amid a heatwave that is scorching the region with temperatures up to 42 degrees Celcius, news reports said today.

Torrential summer rain has killed 381 people in central China and the nation’s south, while more than 100,000 have fled their homes to avoid rising rivers.

A thunderstorm packing high winds and torrential rains hit the area around central China’s Dongting Lake today, raising the threat to already strained dikes protecting several cities and dozens of villages.

Flood waters in central China’s vast Dongting Lake which threaten several cities and dozens of villages remained at dangerously high levels today - and could rise in the coming days as heavy rain was forecast.

The water level of a rain-swollen lake in central China today climbed far past the danger mark, increasing pressure on dikes that were keeping flood waters from swamping six cities and dozens of villages.

More than 700,000 people have been evacuated from areas threatened by flooding around a huge lake in central China, but more than eight million are at risk, officials said today.

More than one million people are helping shore up dikes around a giant lake in China.