China's flood death toll reaches 90

Recent rain-triggered floods and related disasters have left 90 people dead and 22 others missing in nine of China''s provincial-level regions, according to the National Disaster Reduction Commission (NDRC). Heavy downpours, floods and landslides have affected the regions of Sichuan, Shaanxi, Henan, Chongqing, Hubei, Shandong, Shanxi, Gansu and Qinghai, according to China''s News Agency (Xinhua). The Ministry of Civil Affairs (MOCA) has sent 22,000 tents, 70,000 cotton quilts and 35,000 items of clothing to the affected regions. The NDRC and the MOCA also jointly launched an emergency response plan to deal with flooding in central China''s Hubei Province on Wednesday. Local civil affairs authorities said flooding in the region has affected 703,500 people since Sept. 15.