In Henan, thousands of rescuers searched for survivors Wednesday after a bridge collapsed after floodwater surged down the Yi River over the weekend, killing 44 people with 22 missing.

In Shaanxi, 127 people are reported dead due to floods since July.

Floods had affected a total of 134 million people in 28 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, resulting in direct economic losses of 176.5 billion yuan (26.04 billion U.S. dollars), said the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters (SFDH).

A total of 875,000 homes had collapsed, 9.61 million people had been evacuated and 8.76 million hectares of crops were affected by floods nationwide, according to the SFDH.