HARD TO WALK: Floods from heavy rains in Nanchang, capital city of Jiangxi Province, have almost disrupted traffic in some parts of the city on June 10

For most areas south of the Yangtze River, this year's monsoon season has come early, with heavy rains triggering floods, damaging crops, threatening reservoirs and causing deaths.

Between June 5 and 10, the rain affected more than 3.7 million people and damaged nearly 300,000 hectares of farmland in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the provinces of Jiangxi, Anhui, Hubei and Guangdong, forcing 32,000 people to evacuate, local officials said.

One person was crushed to death after a house collapsed in Guangxi and landslides in Guangdong killed another.

Total economic losses were estimated at around 1.5 billion yuan ($214 million), according to preliminary figures.

Water levels in some mid-sized and large reservoirs rose above danger levels as, in 24 hours since 8 a.m. on June 9, 33 precipitation observation stations across Guangxi recorded rainfall of more than 100 mm, with the highest being 213 mm. In Guangxi, heavy rain had affected 925,800 people by June 10, causing direct economic losses of 252.5 million yuan ($36.1 million). A total of 40,141 hectares of farmland was damaged in the autonomous region.

NO WAY THROUGH: Landslides caused by heavy rain on June 10 block a road linking east China's Anhui Province with neighboring Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces

The Jiangxi Provincial Government updated the number of affected people to nearly 1.2 million on the evening of June 10. More than 70,000 troops and residents were mobilized to cope with the impact of the weather, evacuating 166,000 people and saving 1,174 others trapped by floods.

Precipitation in Jiangxi exceeded 100 mm in 35 counties and 200 mm in four counties in just two days, causing an estimated loss of 476 million yuan ($68 million), according to officials.

Guangdong reported 1.5 million people affected and nearly 37,000 hectares of crops threatened due to the heavy rains since June 5. The rain forced suspension of production in 156 factories and destroyed 17 roads, local officials said.

In one county of Guangdong's Maoming City, rainfall of 133.5 mm was recorded in a period of six hours on June 10. The extremely heavy precipitation caused floods in mountainous areas and landslides in 368 places, affecting a total of 385,000 people, and causing direct economic losses of 68.5 million yuan ($9.8 million). Around 2,500 people were evacuated.

Among the 32 key large reservoirs in the province, one was discharging floodwater while the others were safe, officials said on June 10, but more heavy rain was forecast in the next two days, posing further safety challenges.

In Huangshan City, Anhui Province, most territory had experienced rainfall of more than 200 mm between June 8 and 10, with some places peaking at 288.9 mm. By 11 a.m. June 10, over 520,000 people in the city had been affected by the rain, which had caused direct economic losses of 189.75 million yuan ($27.1 million). Damaged farmland in the city totaled 95,144 hectares, of which 15,395 hectares was left barren.