Six dead in China as rain triggers landslides and house collapse

One person died and three are missing in northern China after a vehicle fell into the water in mountain flooding from heavy rain in the Inner Mongolia region

Water flows out from a gate of the Shuikou Hydropower Station in south-east China’s Fujian Province (Lin Shanchuan/Xinhua/AP)

Heavy rain in China has claimed six lives this week and forced the evacuation of some 200,000 people.

Five people died in south-east China, according to state media reports.