Southwestern Chongqing Municipality experienced its fiercest torrential rain in almost a decade in mid-July. Ensuing floods, landslides and mud-rock flows in one week killed at least 56 in the city and caused direct economic losses of over 3.1 billion yuan ($419 million). By the end of November, floods in China this year had affected 180 million people, with 1,203 people killed. The floods this year also led to a direct economic loss of 107.1 billion yuan ($14.5 billion).