China evacuates 40,000 people from floods, more rain expected

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BEIJING: More than 40,000 people in China's Sichuan province have been evacuated because of floods, state media reported on Wednesday (Jul 12), as cloudbursts dropped huge amounts of precipitation over several pa

Bursts of unusually heavy rain have saturated different areas over the past few weeks, causing flooding and mudslides that have destroyed homes, damaged infrastructure and killed several people.

State broadcaster CCTV reported that 300.7mm of rain had fallen over Yaan city in Sichuan province over about 14 hours, causing flash floods and mudslides that destroyed homes. Guanyun county in Jiangsu province had 275.4mm of rain overnight on Monday, according to the China Meteorological Administration.

Yuanling county in Hunan province had 137.4mm of rain in an hour on Jun 30, the Hunan Meteorological Bureau said.

 

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