Beijing ( CNN ) -- At least 175 people have died from flooding this month in southern and eastern China , the country 's Ministry of Civil Affairs said Monday . Another 86 people are missing from the flooding that began with rainfall on June 3 . The ministry said 13 provinces have been affected , more than 1.6 million people have been evacuated , and the direct economic losses has reached 35.02 billion yuan ( $ 5.4 billion ) . The flooding has destroyed at least 8,400 houses in Zhejiang province alone , a provincial agency said . More than 4.4 million have been affected by the flooding in Zhejiang as of Monday , according to the Zhejiang Flood Control Office . About 292,000 have been evacuated , according to the agency 's website . The direct economic loss in Zhejiang has reached 7.69 billion yuan ( $ 1.18 billion ) , the agency said . Zhao Fayuan , director of the Zhejiang Flood Control Office , said the areas around the Qiantang and Dongtiao rivers have been the most severely affected . In Zhoushan , about 155 kilometers ( 95 miles ) southeast of Shanghai , massive pools of water submerged homes in a section of the city on Tuesday , leaving only the tops of power poles as clues of the community underneath . Residents fear waters may not recede for another week . At least 171,000 hectares ( 422,550 acres ) of crops have been destroyed by flooding , China 's state-run Xinhua news agency reported , citing data from local officials . A Zhejiang official said more than 70 kilometers ( 43.5 miles ) of dikes were in danger of overflowing near Lanxi city , according to Xinhua . The southern province of Jiangxi is grappling with the worst flooding on record there . At least 40,000 people have been evacuated from flooding over the weekend . `` The farmlands are severely affected by the flood , '' Qiu Qiyong of the Jiangxi Flood Control and Drought Relief Office said Monday . He said the economic loss over two days reached 0.836 billion yuan ( $ 129 million ) . Residents in Jiangxi got a bit of a respite Monday , as rainfall stopped and water levels decreased . Some of those evacuated were able to return to their homes . Hubei province -- where the Three Gorges Dam is located -- has suffered significant flooding , according to Xinhua . And the rains caused water levels in dozens of reservoirs in neighboring Hunan province `` to exceed alarming levels , '' the news agency said . The flooding ended the worst drought to hit southern China in 50 years . It came a month after the Chinese government acknowledged that Three Gorges Dam -- the world 's largest hydropower plant -- was having `` urgent problems '' and warned of environmental , construction and migration `` disasters . '' The dam was originally touted for its ability to control the impact of flooding that threatens the Yangtze River Delta each summer . But more than 1,000 towns and villages were flooded during the digging and construction of the dam 's giant concrete barrier . And landslides and pollution have plagued the areas near the dam since it was built .
NEW : Residents fear waters may not rise for another day . Direct economic losses reach 35.02 billion yuan ( $ 5.4 billion ) and has affected 13 provinces since June 3 . At least 100 houses are flooded in Guangdong province alone .