15 dead after heavy rain and floods in China coal region

Staff members spray disinfectant at a flooded area after heavy rainfall in Jiexiu in the city of Jinzhong in China's northern Shanxi province on October 11, 2021. - AFP

BEIJING, Oct 12, 2021 (AFP): At least 15 people have died during unseasonably heavy rain and flooding in north China's Shanxi province earlier this month, local officials said Tuesday, after the normally dry region received three months' rain in one week.

The flooding hit the coal-rich landlocked region during a nationwide energy crunch, and after record floods killed more than 300 people in central Henan province in July.