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.

ENGINEERS battled yesterday to drain an unstable lake created by China’s deadliest landslide in decades, fearing it could burst and swamp devastated areas where people are still hunting for survivors.

RESCUERS dug through mud and wreckage yesterday searching for more than 1,100 people missing after flash floods and landslides struck northwestern China and killed 337, one of aseries of floods across Asia that have killed hundreds of people and spread misery to millions more.

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

AT LEAST 127 people were killed and nearly 2,000 missing yesterday after mudslides swept away homes and destroyed roads in northwestern China as the nation battled its worst flooding in a decade.

FLOODS and landslides across Asia plunged millions into misery yesterday as rubble-strewn waters killed at least 127 in north-western China and four million Pakistanis faced food shortages amid their country’s worst-ever flooding.