BEIJING: Authorities in southwestern China’s Guangdong province issued a warning on Friday about additional flooding that would result in nine deaths and six missing in the region.
Four persons died and four are missing, in Meixian region in Guangdong’s Meizhou city, state broadcaster CCTV reported Thursday evening. Another five are dying in Jiaoling state, which is also in Meizhou.
The heavy rains fell on Sunday into Tuesday, causing branches to fall and cause residences to collapse. During the big rains, a path leading to Meixian region completely collapsed. The Songyuan valley, which winds through Meizhou, experienced its biggest recorded disaster, according to CCTV.
The estimated direct economic loss is 3.65 billion yuan ($ 502 million ) in Jiaoling county, while in Meixian district, the loss is 1.06 billion yuan ($ 146 million ).
The National Meteorological Center is issuing a alert for various provinces in the southern and a few unique places in the north in addition to heavy rain and severe weather in other parts of the nation in the next 24 hours.
Henan and Anhui provinces in northern China, as well as Jiangsu state on the beach and the southern province of Guizhou, all are expecting thunder and strong storms, according to the estimates. Rainfall could be as high as 50 mm to 80 mm ( 1.9 to 3.14 inches ) in one day in Henan, Anhui and Hubei provinces, the National Meteorological Center said.
It was landslides and flooding in southern Fujian and Guangxi provinces last year due to heavy rainfall. In Guangxi, a scholar died after falling into a swollen river as a result of the downpour.
