Wang Wenyi News Today

Fifteen people have died and three are missing after heavy rain in Shanxi province, which witnessed its heaviest downpours ever recorded during the first week of October, provincial authorities said on Tuesday.

Torrential rains in Shanxi province claimed the lives of 15 people, and three are missing, according to officials at a news conference held on Tuesday in Taiyuan.

Chinese authorities reported that at least 15 have died and two million others were displaced in the northern province of Shanxi due to devastating floods caused by heavy rainfall. The recent incident marks the latest in a series of weather catastrophes that the country has experienced this year.