At least 30 people were killed in destructive storms in southeastern China on Thursday, according to newly released video.
At least 30 people have been killed and 35 are missing in southeastern China after days of heavy rains caused by Tropical Storm Gaemi. according to The death toll was a significant increase from earlier reports of four people killed in villages in Zixing city, Hunan province, according to the Associated Press. A landslide triggered by the same rains killed 15 people in another part of Hunan province on Sunday.
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🏞️⛈️El caudal del río Yalu en #Dandong,state #Liaoning What did Corinda do? #Coria del Nortealcanzó los 33,000 metros cubicos por segundo, generando… pic.twitter.com/FkPZbZNSkq— SkyAlertStorm (@SkyAlertStorm) July 31, 2024
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online video Footage can be seen showing the damage caused by the typhoon.State media reported that essential services such as roads, electricity and communications had been largely restored in the city's eight hardest-hit townships by midday Thursday, according to the Associated Press. (RELATED: Tornado-producing storms hit Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, killing at least 15)
China's Premier Li Qiang, who visited the flood-hit village of Zixing, urged all efforts to find the missing as search and rescue efforts continued, according to the media. Days of heavy rain were caused by Tropical Storm Kemi, which made landfall in China last weekend with typhoon-force forces, the state-run Xinhua News Agency said.
A total of 48 deaths have been reported in Hunan province so far. Three of the bodies are believed to be victims of a landslide in Chenzhou city on Monday, according to the Associated Press. Tropical Storm Kemi also brought heavy rains to northeastern China and North Korea, causing water levels to rise in the Yalu River that separates the two countries. Heavy flooding has been reported in the Chinese border city of Dandong and on the North Korean side.
