At least 39 people have been killed and nine others remain missing after floods triggered a reservoir breach in southern China, local authorities said on Thursday.
The casualties were reported across the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, which borders Vietnam, state media reported.
The breach occurred at the Liulan Reservoir in the regional capital, Nanning, officials said.
Search, rescue and relief operations are ongoing.
Heavy thunderstorms, torrential rain, landslides and flooding have battered several parts of China in recent days.
Nearly 900 snakes escaped from a farm in the Hengzhou area of Guangxi after floodwaters caused its walls to collapse.
In the northwestern province of Gansu, at least 21 people were killed when a landslide struck a village in Tanchang County, state media reported on Wednesday.
