11 dead in central China floods

Floods killed eleven people and left six missing as torrential downpours pelted central China's Hunan Province, Report informs citing the TASS.

According to local authorities, 10 cities and 76 counties of the province were affected by the floods.

The area of affected agricultural land reached 187.4 thousand hectares. The amount of direct economic loss estimated at 5.31 billion yuan (about $ 780 million).