China hit by second bout of flooding in as many weeks by Nina Ridge
Three days of prolonged rain fall across parts of China has triggered floods and mudslides, which have destroyed hundreds of homes and farmlands. The torrential rain that began late on Thursday night has caused over 6 million pounds worth of damage across 59 towns and cities.
In the southern province of Huaihua, 300mm of rainfall was recorded in Xiangtan City in just over three hours leading to the collapse of over 800 houses. Jiangxi in eastern China was hit by mudslides as a result of the heavy rain, which destroyed over 2000 homes.
This is not the first time this year that southern China has suffered from flooding, with the recent rainstorms becoming the second weather related disaster to hit the region in as many weeks. Towards the end of May, the start of the rain season brought torrential downpours across the southwest province of Sichuan leaving 43 people dead.
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