Floods and landslides triggered by recent heavy rains in China's 20 provincial-level regions have left 70 people dead or missing over the past eight days.

The downpours have resulted in disasters that have killed 49 and resulted in the disappearance of 21 others between July 1 and 8, the National Disaster Reduction Commission said in a statement Friday.

A total of 307,000 people were forced to evacuate from their homes as a result of floods and landslides. Rain-triggered disasters have caused an estimated 6.39 billion yuan (988.5 million U.S. dollars) in direct economic losses, the statement said.

Two rounds of heavy rains hit the provinces of Hebei, Shanxi, Heilongjiang, Sichuan and the autonomous regions of Xinjiang and Tibet between July 1 and July 8, the statement said.

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