YINCHUAN - Five people were found dead and one remained missing after a flash flood washed away nine people in Nrthwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region Saturday noon, local authorities said.

The flash flood was reported at a mountain ravine in the Dawukou district of Shizuishan city, the city government said in a statemet.

Of the nine people washed away, five were found dead and three injured, it said.

More than 100 police and fire fighters were still searching for the one missing.