TIL Desk/World/Beijing-Sixty people were either killed or missing in fresh torrential rain and floods in north China, taking the toll to 176 due to rainstorms this week that have flattened homes and triggered massive evacuation, officials said today. As many as 26 people were killed and 34 others listed missing in Hebei Province in the rains in the rain since yesterday, local officials said.
42 people were killed and 74 missing in heavy rains in central and north areas on July 21. Jingxing County, located in the west of the province, saw an average precipitation of 545.4 mm in 19 hours on July 20, surpassing the amount received by the county in the whole of 2015.
The local government has evacuated 38,750 people from the area. North and northeast China have been swept by heavy rain this week, causing many casualties and a lot of property damage. Local disaster relief authorities also dispatched work teams to flood-hit areas and provided supplies and more than 12 million yuan of cash to help people resettle.
