At 9 o'clock at the night of July 14th, a rainstorm caused a large mud-rock flood in Huxian county, Shaanxi province. Three houses were destroyed; 8 people were killed, 4 were missing, and another 8 are injured.

On that day, the total rainfall was 93 millimeters in 40 minutes. The mud-rock flood rushed down to devour 3 stone houses at the middle of the mountain. There were 620 men involved in the rescue...