Rainstorm kills 8, affects 1.39 mln in central Chinese province

2012-06-11 12:12:40 GMT2012-06-11 20:12:40(Beijing Time) Xinhua English

BEIJING, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Torrential rains have ravaged central China's Hunan Province over the past several days, leaving eight dead and another seven missing, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said Monday.

Natural disasters caused by the downpours had affected nearly 1.39 million people in 49 counties in the province as of 4 p.m. Monday and forced the evacuation of 123,000 residents, the ministry said in a statement.

Provincial disaster relief and civil affairs authorities had initiated third-grade emergency response and sent two teams to the disaster-affected areas to direct relief work. The local government also allocated 4 million yuan (about 631,330 U.S dollars) as relief fund.

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