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Heavy rains kill at least 16 in China

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA), International Service , 25 Jun 2012 - 13:16


Chinese state media say torrential rains have killed at least 16 people and affected 1.5 million people in southern and northern parts of the country. 

The official Xinhua News Agency said Monday that the heavy rains over the past three days had affected 450,000 people and wiped out crops in the southern Guangxi region. 

Another more than 730,000 people were affected in the southern province of Jiangxi, and 312,000 were affected in the adjacent manufacturing powerhouse province of Guangdong. 

Xinhua quoted a local government official as saying the direct economic losses so far were $20.3 million, and that water levels in 10 reservoirs and several major rivers had risen above warning levels. 

Xinhua said rainstorm-triggered floods have also hit areas of Inner Mongolia in the north of China.


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