China braces for more storms; 121 dead or missing this year

A rescuer helps a employee cross a ladder to get throughout flood water from a development website in Jing’an county in central China’s Jiangxi province midnight Friday, July 03, 2020.  (Chinatopix Via AP)
A large swath of southern China braced Sunday for extra seasonal rains and flooding that state media mentioned has already left greater than 120 individuals useless or lacking this 12 months.

The National Meteorological Center raised the climate alert to yellow Sunday morning, the third highest of 4 ranges, for greater than half a dozen provinces and the cities of Shanghai and Chongqing. Heavy to torrential rains had been forecast into Monday night time.

Footage on state broadcaster CCTV confirmed flooded streets and farmland in Anhui province. To the south in Jiangxi province, greater than 8,000 individuals have been evacuated and 54 homes collapsed after rainstorms in current days, the community mentioned.

Nationwide, flooding-related disasters have destroyed 17,000 properties, triggered 41.6 billion yuan (USD 5.9 billion) in financial losses and left 121 individuals useless or lacking up to now this 12 months, the official People’s Daily newspaper mentioned in a social media publish, citing the Ministry of Emergency Management.

The National Meteorological Center mentioned some components of Anhui, Hubei, Hunan and Zhejiang provinces might see 25 to 27 centimeters (10 inches) of rain. It additionally issued a yellow alert for rain in two northeastern provinces, Heilongjiang and Jilin.

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