Landslides have killed 19 people in eastern China's Anhui Province, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Sunday, adding to a rising death toll caused by torrential rains. The deaths were reported over the past two days in Yuexi county, where more than 10,000 houses have been destroyed and 210,000 forced from their homes or otherwise affected, Xinhua said. More than 30,000 people have been evacuated from the area and 200 rescued from floodwaters, it said. Roads, telephone exchanges and electricity and water supplies in the area have been either knocked out or badly damaged, the report said. Around China, some 77 people _ possibly many more _ have died in storms, floods and landslides brought on by Typhoon Talim when it plowed into mainland China last week, according to sometimes conflicting official media reports. Nearly one million people were evacuated due to the storm and there have been reports of extensive damage to buildings and crops. --SP 1438 Local Time 1138 GMT
