BEIJING (Reuters) - Devastating rains that have pounded much of China this summer have swept across the normally arid northwestern province of Shaanxi, killing 113 people and leaving 90,000 homeless, local officials said. Flooding caused by heavy rains from July 4-20 destroyed 2,333 hectares of farmland and 22,000 houses, causing losses of 1.2 billion yuan ($145 million). The floods also injured 2,625 people and left 69 missing. „This is the biggest flood in Shaanxi for 100 years,“ they said. Seasonal summer rains across China have killed more than 1,000 people this year. The China Daily on Thursday quoted Chen Zaisheng, director of the Shaanxi Civil Affairs Department, as saying many southern parts of the province were left without roads, power, telecommunications, housing or food. Heavy rainstorms were forecast to lash the province again in late July and early August, the newspaper said. The second flood peak on the Yangtze River passed Wuhan on Thursday morning with no reported damage. But Xinhua warned that a third flood peak was gaining force on the river‘s upper reaches. Rainfall of 305 mm over the last five days had pushed water levels on the river 2.5 metres above danger levels. Meteorologists have warned that serious flooding could continue across China with the arrival of late summer typhoons and officials have said the flooding season could last until September.