The death toll rose to 109 in the deadly flood in Shalan Town in Ning'an, a city in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.

Three more bodies were found at 9:30 AM Monday, and were confirmed to be the three students still missing in the disaster.

All the bodies of the missing students have been found and rescue work concluded, local government said.

The disaster killed 109 people, among whom 105 were primary school students.

The surviving pupils resumed classes in a nearby middle school last week. A new school is being built in safer place for them. Local government has provided both medical and psychological help to the affected families.

(Xinhua News Agency June 20, 2005)