Flooding continued to cause havoc in both cities and rural areas in central China early on Aug. 12, killing people as they slept. Floodwaters rose to 3.5 meters (11.4 feet) in Hubei Province’s Liulin township following heavy rains that began Wednesday. The torrential rain left more than 2,700 houses and shops damaged, with 221 collapsing entirely, according to China’s central broadcaster CGTV. Authorities said 21 people had been killed, with four missing. That number may not reflect the true total, given that the communist regime is known to underreport the casualties of floods, one analyst told The Epoch Times. A resident who gave his surname as Li said, “There’s a lot more [people killed].” He told The Epoch Times that more victims hadn’t been found. “The true death toll is still unknown,” one civil rescuer told The Epoch Times. “The flood rose too quickly, reaching over three meters. We are cleaning …