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Death toll rises to 32 in rainstorms in Shandong

www.chinanews.cn 2007-07-20 09:33:04

(Source: Xinhua)

The death toll from rainstorms in east China's Shandong Province had
risen to 32 by Thursday, the provincial civil affairs bureau announced.

July 20 - The death toll from rainstorms in east China's Shandong
Province had risen to 32 by Thursday, the provincial civil affairs bureau
announced.
Ten people were missing after the torrential rains and 197 were injured,
while the storms destroyed 805 homes and damaging 1,500 others in the
province, resulting in losses of 1.5 billion yuan (197.4 million yuan).
Nearly 420,000 people were affected, of whom 112,300 were evacuated,
according to the civil affairs bureau.
The rainfall in Jinan, Shandong's capital and the worst-hit city, was 134
mm from 5:00 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Wednesday. Water in some streets rose to
2.5 meters in depth.
The rainstorm, the worst this year to hit Shandong, also disrupted
traffic, electricity and water supplies for three hours, affecting 20,000
people in the downtown area.

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