国内英语资讯:China Focus: 17 dead or missing as rainstorms sweep central, east, south China
<p><span word="BEIJING">BEIJING</span>, <span word="July">July</span> 14-- <span word="At">At</span> <span word="least">least</span> 17 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="missing">missing</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="evacuated">evacuated</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="torrential">torrential</span> <span word="downpours">downpours</span> <span word="unleashed">unleashed</span> <span word="floods">floods</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="toppled">toppled</span> <span word="houses">houses</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="central">central</span>, <span word="eastern">eastern</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="southern">southern</span> <span word="China">China</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Meteorological">Meteorological</span> <span word="Center">Center</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span> <span word="renewed">renewed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="blue">blue</span> <span word="alert">alert</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="rainstorms">rainstorms</span>, <span word="predicting">predicting</span> <span word="heavy">heavy</span> <span word="rain">rain</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Zhejiang">Zhejiang</span>, <span word="Fujian">Fujian</span>, <span word="Jiangxi">Jiangxi</span>, <span word="Hunan">Hunan</span>, <span word="Guangdong">Guangdong</span>, <span word="Yunnan">Yunnan</span>, <span word="Sichuan">Sichuan</span> <span word="provinces">provinces</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Guangxi">Guangxi</span> <span word="Zhuang">Zhuang</span> <span word="Autonomous">Autonomous</span> <span word="Region">Region</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Tibet">Tibet</span> <span word="Autonomous">Autonomous</span> <span word="Region">Region</span>.</p><p><span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="regions">regions</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="see">see</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> 120 <span word="mm">mm</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="torrential">torrential</span> <span word="rainfall">rainfall</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="China">China</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="color">color</span>-<span word="coded">coded</span> <span word="weather">weather</span> <span word="warning">warning</span> <span word="system">system</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="red">red</span> <span word="representing">representing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="severe">severe</span>, <span word="followed">followed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="orange">orange</span>, <span word="yellow">yellow</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="blue">blue</span>.</p><p><span word="As">As</span> <span word="of">of</span> 8 <span word="a">a</span>.<span word="m">m</span>. <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span>, <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> 17 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="died">died</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="missing">missing</span> <span word="following">following</span> <span word="rain">rain</span>-<span word="triggered">triggered</span> <span word="floods">floods</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="central">central</span> <span word="Hunan">Hunan</span> <span word="Province">Province</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="forced">forced</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 470,000 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="relocated">relocated</span> <span word="and">and</span> 179,000 <span word="were">were</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="urgent">urgent</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="aid">aid</span>.</p><p><span word="Four">Four</span> <span word="hydrometric">hydrometric</span> <span word="stations">stations</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Yangtze">Yangtze</span> <span word="River">River</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Xianning">Xianning</span> <span word="city">city</span>, <span word="central">central</span> <span word="Hubei">Hubei</span> <span word="Province">Province</span>, <span word="have">have</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="river">river</span> <span word="water">water</span> <span word="reaching">reaching</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="surpassing">surpassing</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="level">level</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="activate">activate</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="anti">anti</span>-<span word="flood">flood</span> <span word="work">work</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="eastern">eastern</span> <span word="Anhui">Anhui</span> <span word="Province">Province</span>, <span word="rain">rain</span>-<span word="trigged">trigged</span> <span word="floods">floods</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="affected">affected</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 51,000 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="damaged">damaged</span> <span word="over">over</span> 2,700 <span word="hectares">hectares</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="crops">crops</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="floods">floods</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="forced">forced</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="evacuation">evacuation</span> <span word="of">of</span> 926 <span word="people">people</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="caused">caused</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="direct">direct</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="loss">loss</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 59.6 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="yuan">yuan</span> (8.66 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="dollars">dollars</span>) <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="province">province</span>.</p><p><span word="As">As</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Saturday">Saturday</span> <span word="noon">noon</span>, 330,000 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="in">in</span> 18 <span word="counties">counties</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Jiangxi">Jiangxi</span> <span word="Province">Province</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="affected">affected</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="rainstorm">rainstorm</span>-<span word="triggered">triggered</span> <span word="floods">floods</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="over">over</span> 10,500 <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="relocated">relocated</span>.</p>
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