Family of six found dead after landslide in China
A family of six was found dead by rescuers in Fujian province, Chinese state media has reported, adding to the extreme weather deaths after downpours caused landslides in the area.
It comes as authorities extended a warning of more severe weather ahead.
They had gone to the temple seeking shelter, as it was on higher ground, but the building was toppled by a landslide, killing the family.
Authorities on Friday had said 47 people were dead in neighbouring Guangdong province, which has seen historic flooding caused by the rains.
The weather damaged more than a hundred bridges and flooded farmland, and destroyed roads connecting rural townships.
The heaviest rains were from Sunday into Tuesday, toppling trees and collapsing homes, and authorities estimated billions of dollars in damage.
China’s National Meteorological Centre issued a warning for more extreme weather across a swathe of provinces in the south on Saturday, extending a warning from Friday, and for a few areas in the north.
In Heilongjiang province in the north east, railways cancelled multiple trains running over the weekend owing to the heavy rain.
Last week, Fujian and Guangxi provinces in southern China experienced landslides and flooding amid heavy rain.
One student died in Guangxi after falling into a river swollen from the downpour.