More than 80 dead or missing in China from Kaemi floods

BEIJING (AFP) - Torrential rains from Typhoon Kaemi have left more than 80 people dead or missing in China, with a military barracks swept away, landslides wiping out thousands of homes and rivers bursting their banks. Six people were confirmed killed and another 38 soldiers and their relatives were missing after floods destroyed the military barracks in the eastern province of Jiangxi on Wednesday, the state flood control headquarters said. President Hu Jintao called for "prompt and all out efforts" to find those missing from the barracks, it said in a report on its website. Jiangxi was one of the areas worst hit by Kaemi, which struck mainland China on Tuesday night before weakening into a tropical storm, with officials reporting nearly 10,000 homes had been destroyed by floods in the province. More on this story