New landslides killed 24 people and left another 24 missing in China’s remote north-west today as downpours threatened more devastation and made rescue work difficult in a region where more than 1,100 people have died.

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.