Heavy rain, hail hit SW China
Xinhua, August 13, 2015 Adjust font size:
Rainstorms have battered southwest China's Guizhou and Yunnan provinces over the past two days, affecting over 40,000 people and causing massive economic losses.
Some 230,000 people from six counties in Guizhou have been affected, according to the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters. The storm also affected 36,000 mu (2,400 hectares) of cropland and damaged country roads, resulting in economic losses of about 10 million yuan (1.56 million U.S. dollars), the headquarters said.
The Guizhou Provincial Meteorological Station forecast rainstorms for the next two days.
Zhaotong City in Yunnan was battered by hailstorms on Wednesday.
The hail affected 20,000 people from two townships in Zhaotong, and about 23,000 mu of farmland and orchards were damaged.
Heavy rain on Wednesday night inundated several streets in Lijiang, a popular tourist destination in Yunnan, forcing the evacuation of 132 people, according to local firefighters. Endi