2nd LD-Writethru-China Focus: Trains suspended, people evacuated as downpours lash parts of China

BEIJING, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Torrential rain has triggered flash flooding, landslides and mudflows in many parts of China, disrupting traffic and forcing people to evacuate.

Due to heavy rainfall in central China's Henan Province, Beijing's railway department will temporarily shut 163 passenger trains on routes passing through Henan from Wednesday to Thursday.

Between 9 a.m. Tuesday to 9 a.m. Wednesday, 1