The heavy downpours lashed the northeastern part of Sichuan, including the cities of Bazhong, Nanchong and Dazhou, from 8 a.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. Sunday, flooding roads and raising water levels of several local rivers above warning levels, according to the Sichuan provincial water resources department.
A monitoring station in Yingshan County, under Nanchong, saw precipitation of 424.8 mm in the 24-hour period, Xinhua news agency quoted the Department as saying.
Disaster relief and rescue efforts are underway.
Beijing, Aug 9
Torrential rains have affected more than 100,000 residents in China's Sichuan province and forced the emergency evacuation of over 7,000 people, local authorities said.
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