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People walking through road submerged by flood. /CGTN
More than 133,000 people have been impacted by rainstorms in Zhuozhou City, north China's Hebei Province, with the total affected area covering 225.38 square kilometers.
Torrential rains have battered Hebei since Saturday, with precipitation levels at 164 meteorological observatories in the province exceeding 500 millimeters.
People walking through road submerged by flood. /CGTN
A total of 61 national meteorological observatories in Hebei last month recorded their highest precipitation levels for a single day in July, and ten of those observatories recorded their highest-ever daily precipitation levels, according to the provincial climate center.
Zhuozhou City is an area in Hebei that has been severely affected by rain-triggered floods.
Swollen river in Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province. /CGTN
So far, 125,100 people in 124 villages in Zhuozhou have been evacuated to safety.
Zhuozhou has organized 28 emergency rescue teams with a total of 8,755 members to cooperate with professional rescue teams, including the Blue Sky Rescue Team, a Chinese civil relief squad.
Swollen river in Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province. /CGTN
Statistics show that rainstorms had impacted a total of 540,703 people in 87 counties and districts of Hebei by noon on Tuesday. The economic losses brought by the disaster are still being calculated.
So far, the province has evacuated 847,400 people.
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