16 dead, four missing in southwest China flooding

BEIJING—Flooding and landslides caused by torrential rains in southwestern China have left at least 20 people dead or missing and 11 others injured, state press said Saturday.
Heavy downpours from October 6 to 12 in the Honghe prefecture of Yunnan province triggered the flooding and landslides in the mountainous region, Xinhua news agency reported in a short dispatch. The natural disaster has resulted in the evacuation of up to 20,000 people, while 2,000 homes have collapsed in the region largely populated by the Hani, an Yi ethnic minorities, it said.—Agencies