Another person is dead after rainstorms swept northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, bringing the death toll to at least three, according to local sources on Wednesday.

The victim was Dong Wanshun, 43, a driver with the government of Qitai County in northern Xinjiang's Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, who was on his way to the swollen Kaiken River when a dam broke at 3:00AM on Wednesday and his car was washed away. His body was found at 11:00AM.

A landslide triggered by rainstorms in a pasture in the Mulei county occurred at about 9:00AM. Four people were buried and one injured person managed to escape. Rescuers are still trying to find those missing.

In a separate case, a villager from Mulei county fell into the river and is still missing.

Heavy rains hit Xinjiang from Saturday, battering a Mongolian tent at a scenic site in the Dongshan district of Urumqi, killing two and injuring eight others.

More than 200 people were mobilized for help with repairs to the Lanzhou-Urumqi Railway that links Xinjiang and Gansu and National Highway 312, which reopened to traffic at noon on Wednesday.

The railway and the national highway were severed by torrential rains on Monday, leaving more than 300 vehicles and at least 1,000 passengers stranded.

(Xinhua News Agency July 19, 2007)