At least 78 people have been killed and another 91 are missing across China after a round of torrential rains swept through the country earlier this week, flooding streams, triggering landslides and destroying houses.

A man sits outside of a flooded shop in Shenyang in northeastern China's Liaoning Province. Source: Associated Press

China's Ministry of Civil Affairs said today that more than 400,000 people have been evacuated.

The northern province of Hebei is the worst-hit with 36 people dead and another 77 missing.

In the Hebei town of Xingtai alone, nine people were killed and 11 unaccounted for.