China evacuates 900,000 after heavy flooding

HEAVY rains and mudslides have killed at least 131 people across China’s densely populated southeast and forced the evacuation of more than 900,000 from flooding that was the worst in a century in some places.

Meteorologists have warned of more “torrential rains” in the south over the next few days.

At least 81 people were killed in the latest rain and landslides across an area stretching from Guangxi on China’s southern coast through Guangdong province to Fujian province in the southeast, the government said.