China said a draft text put too much burden on the poor to limit greenhouse-gas emissions

Heavy rains have killed at least 18 people in southern China and a state news agency said six more were missing Thursday after a landslide. Southern China was also bracing for the arrival of Typhoon Rammasun on Friday, with wind gusts expected to surpass 140 kph.

The government’s Xinhua News Agency said lightning strikes killed six people in Jiangxi province. Three days of rains in neighboring Hunan province triggered landslides that killed five, and another seven deaths were reported in Guizhou province. Also in Guizhou, a landslide buried a village near the city of Bijie, leaving six people missing. Flooding also has hit the southwestern province of Yunnan and the southern region of Guangxi. Chinese state television showed flooding threatening the ancient city of Fenghuang in Hunan province, with a historic arched bridge barely emerging from floodwaters.

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