XINGTAI, China, July 23 (UPI) -- More than 170 people have been killed and scores more are missing after flooding across China due to heavy rain over the past week, officials said.
The worst hit area was Hebei province, which surrounds the capital Beijing, where the Qili River overflowed its banks. The death toll in the entire province stands at 114, according to state-run media. The number dead in the industrial city Xingtai was particularly acute after the Qili overflowed in the middle of the night, sending a wall of water that buried homes as people slept.