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In southern China, which has entered the rainy season, heavy rain of more than 200mm per day has been pouring down, resulting in casualties.
It is known that 15 people have died so far, including elementary school students who were swept away by the sudden surge of water.
Correspondent Kim Ji-sung from Beijing.
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A child is put on a stretcher and rushed to the hospital.
Grandpa cries next to another child who has fallen.
Three elementary school students who were attending school in Xinheng County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China were suddenly swept away by a surge of water.
They were found 200 meters away and two people eventually died.
It was determined that the accident occurred while walking out of the car as the vehicle broke down while riding in the school vehicle.
Heavy rains have occurred in other areas as well.
In Wufing County, Fujian Province, where 221 mm of rain fell in one day, a building collapsed in a landslide, killing eight people.
There are emergencies in several parts of southern China.
[Chinese CCTV Broadcasting: Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, and Guizhou, etc. have entered the 4th level emergency response.]
Last year, floods and flooding in China killed 590 people and displaced 59 million people. This occurred, and the economic loss amounted to 45 trillion won.
In July of last year, in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, 380 people died or went missing due to the "heavy rain for the first time in a thousand years", but it was later revealed that the city authorities had concealed the number of deaths.
With the onset of the rainy season, China is faced with a situation where it has to fight floods following the recent re-spread of Corona 19.