Rushing to safety: Rescuers evacuating a child from a flooded area following heavy rains in Suizhou, central Hubei province. — AFP
WUHAN: Twenty-one people were killed and four others missing as heavy rain lashed a township in Central China’s Hubei province, local authorities said.
The Liulin township in Suixian county saw total precipitation reaching 503mm from 9pm on Wednesday to 9am on Thursday, causing an average waterlogging depth of 3.5m, the county said yesterday.
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