More than 500 professional rescuers, including fire-fighters and armed police, have evacuated over 7,000 residents in nine rain-drenched townships in Yunyang County to safe locations, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
The missing include 11 coal miners in Yunyang who were buried by a landslide yesterday.
Torrential rain started to pound Yunyang, Wuxi, Fengjie and Wushan in northeastern Chongqing on Sunday, cutting off traffic, power and communication in parts of the counties.
Rescuers are working to resume traffic that has been disrupted by downpours on three major roads and a highway to the county seat of Wuxi.
The National Meteorological Center forecast heavy rain in Chongqing and neighboring Sichuan Province today.