In China, 10 people have died from torrential rains

In the center of China as a result of landslides and floods caused by torrential rains died at least 10 people, more than 110 thousand were forced to flee their homes.

The greatest damage by the rains had caused to the central province of Hunan. There were washed away 5 settlements, have became under water more than 3.2 thousand buildings, referring to local media.

In several provinces declared a heightened readiness in relation to the risk of flooding.

According to preliminary data, the damage from the disaster is estimated around 670 million yuan (98 million USD).

A similar situation was in 2008, when the number of victims by the floods, that struck the Chinese province headed to 169 people, 1 million 270 thousand people became homeless. Damage from the flood amounted to 3.3 billion USD.