(Corrects to say cumulative rainfall in places in eastern, not northern and eastern, Guangxi in 5th bullet)
BEIJING, July 19 (Reuters) – The Chinese meteorological authority on Sunday issued a heavy rain alert for parts of southern China and a geological disaster warning for areas including parts of Chongqing, where 34 people remain missing more than two days after a rain-triggered landslide.
• Cutting south China diagonally, the sprawling rain belt stretches from the southwestern province of Yunnan to the Yangtze River Delta on China’s eastern coast.
• Rail authorities suspended some passenger trains on the Shanghai–Kunming railway on Sunday due to heavy rain, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
• In Yunnan, several scenic spots including the Tiger Leaping Gorge were temporarily closed following heavy rain over the weekend.
• Parts of the Guangxi region in southern China, still recovering from the impact of Typhoon Maysak earlier this month, are bracing for a new round of rain.
• China’s top flood-control authority said cumulative rainfall could reach 300 to 450 millimetres in places in eastern Guangxi from Sunday to Tuesday, equivalent to up to 30% of the entire region’s average annual precipitation.
• Meanwhile, rescuers are racing to search for 34 people still missing after a landslide struck a county on the outskirts of southwest China’s Chongqing on Friday, killing eight people.
(Reporting by Shi Bu and Liz Lee; Editing by Michael Perry and Tomasz Janowski)
