2023-08-05 14:12:01
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Rain continued to batter northeast China in the wake of Typhoon Doksuri on Saturday, as authorities reported more deaths and missing people while evacuating thousands more.
One person was killed and five are missing in the city of Shulan in Jilin province, which has had five straight days of rain, according to state media.
More than 14,300 people were evacuated from the city of more than 700,000 people, according to the local disaster agency. The state news agency China News Service showed images of flooded streets around houses and factories. The average precipitation in the city reached 111.7 mm (4.4 inches) on Friday followingnoon.
China is struggling with record rains in some areas, while others suffer from scorching summer heat and drought that threatens crops. Heavy rains, remnants of Typhoon Doksuri, have battered north China since late July, disrupting the lives of millions. Flooding near Beijing and neighboring Hebei province this week killed at least 22 people.
In the northeastern province of Heilongjiang, known as China’s “great breadbasket of the north”, rain inundated farms and streets, prompting the evacuation of thousands.
In the city of Shangzhi, heavy rains turned roads into rivers and flooded thousands of homes.
National emergency management authorities said 25 rivers along Heilongjiang threatened to overflow their banks, while disaster relief teams were sent to the province.
In Heilongjiang’s capital Harbin, more than 53,000 people had to be evacuated as multiple dams and rivers exceeded safe levels, while some 41,600 hectares (103,000 acres) of crops were damaged.
In the city of Yushu in Jilin province, regarding 120 kilometers south of Harbin, flooding forced the evacuation of some 19,000 people.
Meanwhile, in Hebei province around Beijing, which suffered some of the worst flooding in the region in recent weeks, authorities issued new storm warnings on Saturday.
Flooding in Zhuozhou, southwest of Beijing, began to recede on Saturday, state media reported, allowing some of the 125,000 evacuated residents to return to their homes.
The death toll in the city of Baoding of 11 million has reached 10, while another 18 people are still missing, local authorities said on Saturday.
Floods damaged roads and washed away bridges in the city’s Yesanpo scenic area, a national park known for its gorges and mountains.
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