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Torrential rains have forced the evacuation of 36,000 people in southeast China's Fujian Province, the provincial flood control office said on Sunday.
Days of heavy rain have wreaked havoc in many parts of the province, which has declared an emergency response to the rainstorms.
As of 8 p.m. on Saturday, the latest round of rain had affected 179,800 people and damaged 12,350 hectares of crops, causing a direct economic loss of 1.61 billion yuan (about $225 million), the office said.
Many areas in Longyan City's Wuping County were severely affected. As of 10 a.m. on Monday, four people are dead, and two remain missing after multiple landslides caused by the rainfall hit the county. Meanwhile, 378 houses collapsed, and 880 hectares of crops were damaged.
An aerial view of a 100-meter-long road flooded by rainwater in Nanping City, southeast China's Fujian Province, June 16, 2024. /CFP
From 6 a.m. on Saturday to 7 a.m. on Sunday, some of the hydrological stations in 11 rivers in Fujian reported water levels between 0.07 meters and 3.65 meters above the warning level, the office said. As of 7 a.m. on Sunday, water levels at seven hydrological stations remained above the warning level.
Huang Zhigang, an expert with the Fujian meteorological service, urged people to be vigilant due to the risk of flooding in small and medium-sized rivers and the potential for waterlogging in both urban and rural areas.
(With input from Xinhua)