BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhua) -- A total of 142 people have died or gone missing in floods across 27 provincial regions in China since June 1, down 56.5 percent on the average amount for the same period over the past five years, according to official data released Wednesday.
Floods across China have destroyed 35,000 homes since June 1 this year, down 72.4 percent on the five-year average, data from the Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM) shows.
