Beijing , China ( CNN ) -- The death toll from the mudslides in a northwestern Chinese province now stands at 1,407 , state-run Xinhua news agency said Friday , citing the government . At least 358 people are still missing . The mudslides occurred in Zhouqu County in Gansu province . More than 1,700 mudslide evacuees have been living at schools , but will be relocated as students begin their school year . Households will be moved to Shachuan Village , in the western part of the mudslides-leveled county , said Yang Jianguo , a government official in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture which administers Zhouqu . More than 1,000 tents will be erected at a new settlement zone with three tents for each family , said Yang , quoted by Xinhua . `` They probably will have to spend the winter there so winter tents will be used , '' he said . China has been drenched by heavy rains and floods since the end of May and the devastating Gansu mudslides occurred in early August . In southwestern China 's Sichuan province , 16 people have been killed and 66 others remained missing in rain-triggered floods and landslides over the past week . Authorities said about 3,600 homes have collapsed , 25,000 others have been damaged , and 55,000 hectares of crops have been flooded . `` Direct economic loss '' was estimated at 6.89 billion yuan ( $ 1.02 billion ) , the news agency said .
Gansu has been drenched by rains and floods the winter . Sichuan province evacuees may live in tents over this summer . Deaths also reported in Gansu .