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Heavy rains continue in southern China
2007-07-08 04:46:48 Xinhua English


A general view shows a flooded street in southwest China's Chongqing municipality, July 8, 2007. Torrential rains battered large swathes of China on Monday after killing 94 people and displacing more than half a million over the past week, state medi

¡¡¡¡BEIJING£¬ July 9 (Xinhua) -- Heavy rains will continue on Monday in the southern areas of China£¬ China Meteorological Administration (CMA) said on Monday.

¡¡¡¡Torrential rains will hit southeastern Sichuan£¬ western Chongqing£¬ southern Anhui and central Jiangsu£¬ according to the administration.

¡¡¡¡Heavy rains or rainstorms are also expected in northeastern Yunnan£¬ most parts of Chongqing£¬ northern Guizhou£¬ and parts of Hunan£¬ Hubei£¬ Henan£¬ Anhui£¬ Zhejiang and Shanghai.

¡¡¡¡These regions may also experience temporary thunderstorms and heavy winds£¬ which could trigger mountain torrents£¬ landslides and mudflows as well as floods£¬ said the administration.

¡¡¡¡Floods have left 94 people dead and 25 others missing in seven provinces in China£¬ the Ministry of Civil Affairs said on Sunday.

¡¡¡,bout 16.67 million people had been affected and 555£¬100 people in Jiangsu£¬ Anhui£¬ Henan£¬ Hubei£¬ Sichuan£¬ Chongqing and Shaanxi evacuated by 4 p.m. Sunday.

¡¡¡¡Hundreds of thousands of houses were damaged and millions of hectares of farmland affected.

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