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Haikui leaves heavy flooding in China
Updated On: 06 September, 2023 08:51 AM IST | Beijing | Agencies
Some areas received up to 600 mm of rain within hours
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Rescue personnel evacuate a resident in a flooded area. Pic/AP
High waters swept a fire truck into a river in southeastern China early Tuesday, leaving five crew members missing, local authorities said, as the second tropical storm in recent days hit the mainland.
Haikui weakened to a tropical storm as it scraped along the coastline of Fujian and Guangdong provinces Tuesday morning, bringing up to 600 mm of rainfall to some areas as it moves inland, according to China’s meteorological agency.
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