Beijing, July 16 (IANS) Floods triggered by rounds of torrential rains have left 39 people dead and nine others missing in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the Chinese authorities said on Thursday. The death toll includes the casualties resulting from a severe reservoir breach in the regional capital city of Nanning, according to a flood control and disaster relief press conference held at noon on Thursday. On Tuesday, authorities upgraded the emergency flood response for northeast China’s …
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Beijing, July 10 (IANS) A total of 95,657 people from 36,279 households in Beijing had been evacuated as of 5 pm on Friday, as authorities intensified flood-control measures and carried out emergency relocations in preparation for heavy rainfall.A new round of heavy rain began battering the city on Friday, with average precipitation reaching 12 mm from 8 am. to 5 pm, according to the Beijing municipal flood control office. The heaviest rainfall was recorded at a marketplace in the suburban distr…
Beijing, July 7 (IANS) Six people are dead, and 11 others are missing as of Tuesday evening after torrential rains triggered flooding in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, local authorities reported.The torrential rains caused by Typhoon Maysak have affected 375,000 people across Guangxi, and a total of 130,000 people have been evacuated from the affected areas, according to officials at a media conference, Xinhua news agency reported,Rescue operation is underway in Guangxi, with mo…