More than 150 killed amid torrential rains in China

Flash floods and landslides have led to dozens of deaths (Liu Kun/Xinhua via AP)

Landslides and flooding have killed more than 150 people around China in the past two months as torrential rainstorms batter the region.

In the latest disaster, a flood and mudslide in a mountainous Tibetan area in Sichuan province on Saturday left eight people dead with 19 others still unaccounted for, state media said.