BEIJING: At least 10 people have been killed this week and one remains missing in rain-induced floods in southwest China's Chongqing, a major municipality on the banks of the Yangtze, state media said Thursday.

The flooding, which is expected to become the worst on this section of the Yangtze since 2004, has also forced the evacuation of 123,000 people, the local newspaper reported, citing the civil affairs ministry. Ten thousand houses in the area have been toppled, while 16,000 others have been damaged, according to the report.LINK