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A man rides a bicycle through flood water in Lanxi, east China's Zhejiang province on June 20, 2011. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Fourteen provinces in China have been hit with heavy flooding over the past several days. More than 10 million people have been affected.
The state mouthpiece Xinhua said that more than 175 people have been killed in the floods, mainly in southern China. Around 85 people still remain missing as of Monday.The hard rainfall and subsequent flooding began early this month, causing more than $5 billion in economic loss.
Vehicles are trapped in a flooded street after heavy rainfall on June 18, 2011 in Wuhan, Hubei Province of China. (ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)
Chinese farmers rescue their pigs in flood waters after heavy rains hit Lanxi, east China's Zhejiang province on June 20, 2011. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Chinese students make their way across a flooded school compound walking along a row of chairs, in Wuhan, in central China's Hubei province on June 18, 2011. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
People make their way through flood water in Lanxi, east China's Zhejiang province on June 20, 2011. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Pedestrians wade in a flooded street after heavy rainfall on June 18, 2011 in Wuhan, Hubei Province of China. (ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)
Chinese residents transport their belongings by boat through flood waters after heavy rains hit Lanxi, east China's Zhejiang province on June 20, 2011. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Algae floats in the Hanjiang river, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Wuhan after rain-triggered floods, in central China's Hubei province on June 20, 2011. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
