8 dead, 1 missing in NE China downpours
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Eight people died and another went missing due to rainstorms in northeast China's Jilin Province, local authorities said Saturday.
![Rescuers transfer an injured person in Yongji County, northeast China's Jilin Province, July 14, 2017. Heavy rain caused waterlogging in Yongji County from July 13 to 14. [Photo/Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20170715/b8aeed990a581ad3ca775a.jpg "Rescuers transfer an injured person in Yongji County, northeast China's Jilin Province, July 14, 2017. Heavy rain caused waterlogging in Yongji County from July 13 to 14. [Photo/Xinhua]") |
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Rescuers transfer an injured person in Yongji County, northeast China's Jilin Province, July 14, 2017. Heavy rain caused waterlogging in Yongji County from July 13 to 14. [Photo/Xinhua] |
Torrential rain battered central and eastern Jilin on Thursday and Friday, forcing relocation of more than 120,000 people as of 8 a.m. of Saturday, according to provincial flood control authorities.
In Yongji County, which saw record-breaking daily precipitation, five people died in the disaster.
The rainstorms have affected lives of nearly 320,000 people in 13 counties, damaging homes, roads, bridges and dikes.
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