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China floods: dozens killed and hundreds of thousands displaced

by Eucharia Egwuma
June 11, 2020
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Popular tourist region in south already affected by coronavirus downturn is battered by downpours sparking mudslides

Floods and mudslides in south China have uprooted hundreds of thousands of people and left dozens dead or missing, according to state media.
The bad weather has wreaked havoc on popular tourist areas that had already suffered through months of travel restrictions during the coronavirus outbreak.
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Torrential downpours unleashed floods and mudslides that caused nearly 230,000 people to be relocated and destroyed more than 1,300 houses, official state news agency Xinhua reported, citing the ministry of emergency management.
In southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, six people were reported dead and one missing, Xinhua said.
Streets were waterlogged in popular tourist destination Yangshuo, forcing residents and visitors to evacuate on bamboo rafts. The local government said more than 1,000 hotels had been flooded and more than 30 tourist sites damaged.

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One owner of a family-run hotel told Xinhua the guest rooms were submerged in one metre (3ft) of rainwater.
The extreme weather has dealt a hefty blow to the region’s tourism sector, which is still reeling from the Covid-19 epidemic.

The emergency management ministry said there were direct economic losses of over 4bn yuan ($550m) from the flooding, Xinhua reported.
In Hunan Province, at least 13 people were killed in rain-triggered disasters, and another eight people are missing or killed in south-western Guizhou province, according to the local emergency response departments, Xinhua said.
The heavy downpours began at the beginning of June and have led to “dangerously high water levels” in 110 rivers, Xinhua reported.
Further rainstorms are expected in the next few days across the south.

AFP.

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