New round of rain wreaks havoc in C. China
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Rainstorms batter Nanchang in southeastern China's Jiangxi Province on May 15, 2013. [Photo/Xinhua] |
Downpours have also swept Jiangxi and Hubei provinces.
As of 4 p.m. Wednesday, more than 4,000 people had been relocated and 260,000 were affected by a new round of rainstorms, the Jiangxi provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters said.
The entire province saw average precipitation of 46.4 mm from 2 p.m. Tuesday to 2 p.m. Wednesday, with 96 mm of rainfall in some areas. Rivers in the province were swelling.
In Dangyang City, Hubei Province, rainfall hit 178 mm in six hours, the provincial flood control authorities said Wednesday. Some 2,300 residents were temporarily evacuated and 136,000 people affected by the latest rainy weather.
Heavy rain and hailstorms also hit Aksu, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, late Tuesday and early Wednesday, affecting some 18,600 hectares of crops.
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