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Bursts of unusually heavy rain have saturated different areas
over the past few weeks, causing flooding and mudslides that
have destroyed homes, damaged infrastructure and killed several
people.
China's rain and floods come as several other parts of the world
have been seeing similar disastrous downpours, raising new fears
about the pace of climate change.
State broadcaster CCTV reported that 300.7 mm (11.8 inches) of
rain had fallen over Yaan city in Sichuan province over about 14
hours, causing flash floods and mudslides that destroyed homes.
Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan province, issued a red alert,
the highest in a four-tier warning system, for heavy rain and
several areas have reported record rainfall.
Guanyun county in Jiangsu province had 275.4 mm (10.8 inches) of
rain overnight on Monday, according to the China Meteorological
Administration.
Xiatai town in Guangdong province had daily downpours averaging
439 mm (17.3 inches) at the end of June, Southern Metropolis
Daily reported.
Yuanling county in Hunan province had 137.4 mm (5.4 inches) of
rain in an hour on June 30, the Hunan Meteorological Bureau
said.
Meteorological authorities extended an alert for rainstorms to
Thursday morning for several provinces including Shanxi, Hebei,
Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Sichuan, Gansu, and the Tibet region,
the Xinhua news agency reported.
The National Meteorological Center said some of those areas
could see more than 70 mm of rain in an hour, as well as
thunderstorms, gales, and hailstorms, state media reported.
Officials have repeatedly warned of extreme weather and
geological disasters throughout July.
(Reporting by Bernard Orr, Qiaoyi Li and Judy Hua; Editing by
Robert Birsel)
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