More rains in northern China have brought the death toll from floods to 13.

At least three more people have died in heavy rains in northern China, state media said on Tuesday, bringing the death toll from recent storms in the region to 13, with five still missing and no sign of abating, Reuters reported.

Heavier-than-normal rainfall has battered parts of China since July, with the East Asian monsoon halting its flow in the north and south.

Three bodies were pulled from floodwaters in the city of Ordos in Inner Mongolia, while three people were reported missing 70 kilometers (44 miles) away near the banks of the Yellow River, the state-run Xinhua news agency said.

Monday’s rain was the first of three forecast for the next few days, television reports said.

It dumped more than 204 millimeters (8 inches) of rain in less than 24 hours on the district where the bodies were found, or more than double the monthly average for August, weather officials said.

On Saturday, floods that broke through a riverbank in the area’s grasslands killed at least 10 people, sweeping away 13 campers on the outskirts of the city of Bayanur, about 350 kilometers (218 miles) northwest of Ordos.

One of them was rescued but two are missing.

Heavy rains and severe flooding that climate change experts associate with climate change pose major challenges for authorities, threatening the aging of flood defenses, displacing millions of people and causing economic losses in the billions.