Rainstorms continue to wreak havoc in China

Source: Xinhua | July 17, 2014, Thursday |

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PERSISTENT downpours continue to wreak havoc in south and central China, causing floods and landslides, while disrupting traffic.

As of Thursday morning, eight people were confirmed dead and eleven remain missing in landslides as rainstorms continue to lash Anhua County in central China's Hunan Province, according to the local flood prevention department.

Rain-triggered disasters have affected more than 700,000 people in the county and forced 15,000 to relocate.

Elsewhere, a landslide in southwest China's Guizhou Province buried eight people on Thursday morning, local authorities said.

Days of heavy rain caused the landslide in Dakuo Village of Zhijin County in the city of Bijie at around 4 a.m., said a spokesman with the county.

By 10 a.m., two people had been rescued, and rescuers were searching for the remaining six, he said.

Ongoing storms have disrupted traffic in Guizhou by flooding roads and highways, leading to economic losses of 3.37 billion yuan (542.7 million U.S. dollars), the Guizhou Provincial Transportation Department said in a statement. Rain is likely to continue throughout the week, according to the weather forecast.

Days of heavy rain in Guizhou have forced water levels to rise in a section of the Wujiang River in neighboring Chongqing Municipality. Water levels of two reservoirs in the municipality both passed warning levels as of 9 a.m. on Thursday, forcing the relocation of over 10,000 people.

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Rainstorms continue to wreak havoc in China

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