11.08.2023
AFP:
China rains death toll rises to 78 as new storm approaches
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In Hebei alone, officials said almost four million people had been affected by the flooding, with 40,900 houses having collapsed, according to local media. Hundreds of thousands of hectares of crops have been damaged in the province. Rescuers have continued to search for people swept away by the floods, as another storm, Khanun, approaches over the weekend. In Beijing, at least 33 people have died, including two rescue workers, authorities said this week. And more than a dozen people were killed in northeastern Jilin province after torrential rain last week. At least seven people died in a flash flood south-west of Sichuan's capital Chengdu this week, after an unexpected tide of water washed away a number of tourists on the Longxi River. And in Gansu, five people were killed when they were swept away by mountain torrents after a rainstorm alert on Thursday, Xinhua said.
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