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China landslide death toll rise toward 700. ZHOUQU, China — the death toll starting landslides in northwestern China new than doubled Tuesday to 702, as crews in three countries crossways Asia struggled to attain survivors from flooding that has afflict millions of people.

Rescuers digging in hand through mud found a 52-year old man who have been trapped used for more than 50 hours inside a level apartment building during the remote town of Zhouqu, anywhere local officials supposed more than 1,000 other people be still missing. Rescuers among sniffer dogs exposed the man, Liu Ma Shindan, who is in weak condition although breathing normally.

In Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari return Tuesday to a tempest of criticism for visit Europe as his country be gripped by the most horrible floods in its history that have affect nearly 14 million people. His arrival come as thousands of inhabitants fled a major city in central Pakistan as river nearby swelled and in danger to submerge the area.

And rescuer in the desert mountainsides in Indian-controlled Kashmir improved more bodies, with the death toll increasing to 165 from flash floods. Thousands of military and paramilitary soldiers sustained clearing infrastructure and removing the debris of hundreds of home flattened in the Ladakh district by Friday's powerful thunderstorms.