China's Jiangxi raises flood response to highest level
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Updated: 2020-07-12 07:46
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The province has evacuated 405,000 people from flood-prone areas, with a total of 154,000 people in urgent need of living assistance.
More than 41,700 people are fighting the floods in Jiangxi, aided by 537 sets of mechanical equipment.
The province has increased patrol forces for round-the-clock monitoring of risks along the embankments.
In Dongzhi County, neighboring Anhui Province, floods had affected more than 260,000 people, or about half of the county's population, as of Friday. More than 6,667 hectares of crops were destroyed, said Yu Jianguo, deputy director of the Dongzhi county emergency management bureau.
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