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Soldiers transfer an old woman trapped by the flood water at Songxi Town of Qingliu County, southeast China's Fujian Province. Image Credit: AP/Xinhua

Beijing: China said that 132 people have died in flooding in nine southern provinces.

The Ministry of Water Resources said on Sunday that 86 other people are missing and more than 860,000 have fled their homes. The evacuation figure is lower than Saturday's 1.4 million.

More than 10 million people have been affected by the floods. Officials said previously that number included people who were injured and those who had damaged property.

Strong storms since June 13 have collapsed reservoirs, overflowed rivers, caused landslides and power outages and damaged highways.

China's rainy season, which began in May, follows the worst drought in a century for the southern Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi regions.