SHENYANG (XINHUA) – Heavy rainstorms have affected more than 222,000 people in China’s Liaoning Province, the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters said yesterday.
From Thursday to Saturday, lingering heavy rains have battered 24 county-level regions across Liaoning, affecting nearly 44,000 hectares of crops as of Saturday. Direct economic losses from the floods reached over CNY417 million, according to the headquarters.
A total of 22 reservoirs in the province have so far exceeded the flood limit and were discharging water.