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Floods submerge villages in eastern China, govt splashes on relief efforts
The Star
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6/28/2024
Torrential rains continue to ravage parts of China with the Yangtze River and Pearl River basins and many other rivers recording threatening and dangerous water levels.
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Torrential rains continue to ravage parts of China with the Yangtze River and Pearl
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River basins, and many other rivers recording threatening and dangerous water levels.
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The average rainfall in Huangshan City over the past nine days reached 580 mm, equivalent
00:18
to the amount of water in 200 west lakes.
00:22
Several villages next to the Xinan River in Anhui Province were submerged in floodwaters
00:28
of up to 4 meters in depth on Friday.
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Some 58,000 people in Huangshan were evacuated to higher grounds and temporary relief centers.
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In Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, rescue personnel evacuated many residents stranded in their
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homes and business premises.
00:49
From Wednesday to Thursday, water levels of 22 rivers in Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangxi and Zhejiang
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Provinces were reported to have exceeded dangerous levels.
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Authorities said another round of downpour is expected to lash the Yangtze River basin
01:04
from Friday to next Tuesday, mainly affecting the lower reaches of the river.
01:09
On Thursday, China's Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Emergency Management announced
01:14
the disbursement of 496 million yuan, which was the latest tranche of natural disaster
01:20
and relief funds for the affected provinces.
01:23
In total, the government had allocated more than 2.3 billion yuan for the flood relief
01:27
efforts that had begun more than two weeks ago.
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