BEIJING: The death toll from devastating floods in southern China’s Guangxi region rose to 39 on Thursday, with nine people still missing, state media reported. Extreme weather has wreaked havoc on southern and central China this week, bringing torrential rain and severe flooding in Guangxi, with a super typhoon heading toward eastern provinces this weekend. Twenty-six of the deaths were linked to a dam breach at Liulan Reservoir, with seven still missing there, state news agency Xinhua reported.

Severe storms in China leave 15 dead and nine missing, as Xi Jinping calls for urgent rescue operations.

Storms come on the heels of widespread flooding in Guangxi brought by the passage of the country's first typhoon of the year

Authorities in southern China say that 39 people have died in flooding from Tropical Storm Maysak

At least 26 deaths linked to breach of Liulan reservoir in Nanning city