Southern China braces for more rain, Chongqing landslide search continues

(Corrects to say ‌cumulative rainfall in ​places ​in eastern, not northern and eastern, Guangxi in 5th bullet)

BEIJING, July 19 (Reuters) - The Chinese meteorological ‌authority on Sunday issued a heavy rain alert ⁠for parts of southern China and a geological disaster warning ‌for areas including parts of ‌Chongqing, where 34 people remain missing more than two days after a rain-triggered landslide.

• Cutting south China ​diagonally, the sprawling rain belt stretches from the southwestern province of Yunnan to the Yangtze River Delta ⁠on China's eastern coast.

• Rail authorities suspended some passenger trains on the ​Shanghai–Kunming railway on Sunday due to heavy rain, state broadcaster CCTV reported.

• In Yunnan, several ​scenic spots including the Tiger Leaping ‌Gorge were temporarily closed following heavy rain over the weekend.

• Parts of the Guangxi ⁠region in southern China, still recovering from the impact of Typhoon Maysak earlier this month, are bracing for a new ⁠round of rain.

• China's top flood-control authority said cumulative rainfall could ​reach 300 to 450 millimetres in places in eastern Guangxi from Sunday to Tuesday, equivalent to up to 30% of the ‌entire region's average annual precipitation.

• Meanwhile, rescuers are racing to search for 34 people ‌still missing after a landslide struck a county on ⁠the outskirts of southwest ‌China's Chongqing on Friday, ​killing eight people.

(Reporting by Shi Bu and Liz Lee; Editing by Michael Perry and Tomasz ‌Janowski)

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