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Wendy Wu

Heavy rain has continued across eastern and central China, with Xinxiang (新鄉) in Henan (河南) province becoming the latest city to suffer floods, in this case causing delays on one of the country’s main railway lines.
Rain started on Friday night in Xinxiang, which lies on the Yellow River, with 370mm falling by 8 am yesterday morning. It was the city’s heaviest rainfall since 1949.
More than 32,300 armed police were fighting floods across the nation that have killed more than 160 people, Xinhua reported. The armed police had rescued and evacuated 4,500 people, it added.
The rain triggered floods in more 60 counties in central provinces. Power was cut off in many cities. Tourism sites were closed due to dangerous torrents and landslides.
More than 110 dead or missing in floods in China’s Yangtze River basin
Train services on the Beijing-Guangzhou railway were suspended or delayed. High speed trains were running a much slower speeds.
The government of Shaanxi province issued rain warnings on Friday. It added that floods and landslides were expected.
In the south, the Chinese Central Meteorological Station on Friday expected to see at least two heavy showers around Tai Lake area today and tomorrow and again on Thursday or Friday. The current water level of the huge lake is only 12cm lower than its historic high record, raising a high risk of flooding.
Viral videos show dramatic life-and-death rescues in flood-hit central China
Shanghai enhanced its alerts on Saturday afternoon due to concerns of being affected by the floodwaters from Tai Lake and the remnants of typhoon Nepartak.
Meanwhile, Wuhan (武漢) in Hubei (湖北) province which saw heavy flooding last week began returning to normal as flood water began receding across most of the city.
Since June 30, floods, hail and landslides in 11 provinces along the Yangtze River have killed 164 people and affected 31 million residents, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Direct economic losses were estimated at 6.7 million yuan (HK$7.8 billion).
Rain in Anhui (安徽) , Hubei, Jiangsu (江蘇) and Hunan (湖南) reach record highs between June 30 and July 5.


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