China in Maoming, 429.5 millimeters of rainfall
An extremely rare round of torrential rainfall that happened once in more than 200 years hit a city in south China’s Guangdong Province, local authorities said Saturday.
Xinyi, a small, county-level city in Maoming, saw 429.5 millimeters of rainfall in just six hours, according to the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters.
Eight people died and four others were reportedly missing in Xinyi.
The provincial civil affairs department has declared the second highest state of emergency and dispatched working teams to Xinyi.
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