The death toll from storms that began dumping heavy rains on Sichuan province on June 28 rose to 14, with at least two missing, China Daily said.

In Luzhou prefecture several towns and villages were inundated by up to 18.3 centimetres (7.3 inches) of rain, while rock and mudslides were reported in several of Sichuan's mountainous regions, it said.

Damage to Luzhou was estimated at more than 84 million yuan (10.4 million dollars), it said, adding that meteorologists were expecting rain to continue to fall throughout Sichuan until at least July 10.

Meanwhile, in neighbouring Guizhou province nine people were confirmed dead, while more than 2,400 people were evacuated from areas where up to 14.8 centimetres of rain had fallen since last Thursday, Xinhua news agency said.

The same storms also struck Yunnan province were 11 were reported dead, nine injured and six missing, it said.

Meanwhile in northeast China's Liaoning province eight people were reported dead and one missing after torrential rains beginning late Thursday last week triggered flooding in the region near Huludao city, Xinhua said.

Up to 24.3 centimetres fell on the region on Thursday and Friday, the biggest rainfall in the area since 1991, it said.

In Henan province, three people were reported dead and one missing after storms struck the region on July 2 resulting in the banks of two reservoirs bursting in Yuzhou prefecture, Xinhua said.