HEAVY RAINS ACROSS TWO SOUTHERN CHINESE PROVINCES HAVE LEFT AT LEAST 29 PEOPLE DEAD, INCLUDING SEVEN KILLED IN LANDSLIDES, STATE MEDIA REPORTED SATURDAY. THE RAINS BEGAN BATTERING PARTS OF FUJIAN AND GUANGDONG PROVINCES ON TUESDAY. BY THE WEEKEND, DISASTER CREWS WERE DELIVERING TENTS, QUILTS AND RICE TO FLOOD-HIT AREAS IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FUJIAN PROVINCE, WHERE 22 PEOPLE HAD DIED AND 50,000 EVACUATED, THE REPORTS SAID. IN GUANGDONG, SEVEN PEOPLE DIED IN LANDSLIPS IN MEIZHOU CITY OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, THE XINHUA NEWS AGENCY SAID.