State media say flash flooding has left 12 people dead and nine missing in southwestern China. The official Xinhua News Agency says another 36 were injured when rainstorms pummeled a mountainous area in Panzhihua city late Sunday and early Monday. It says the numbers came from the Sichuan provincial emergency office. Xinhua says Vice Governor Zhang Zuoha is leading a delegation to assess damage and oversee the relief operation. No other details were immediately available, the German News Agency "DPA" reported.