Rain devastates southwest People run to avoid being caught in a mudslide as workers try to rebuild a road blocked by landslides in Deqin, Yunnan province, yesterday. Heavy downpours, accompanied by squalls, have lashed Southwest China over the weekend, leaving 20 people dead and 42 missing in Yunnan. Floods triggered by torrential rain since Friday have claimed one life in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, too, where nine persons are missing and 70,000 have been moved to safer places. [Xinhua]