Heavy rain has affected over 5 lakh people in China’s Jiangxi province

• More than 548,000 people in east China’s Jiangxi Province hit by heavy rain since Sunday.
• 113,000 forced to relocate from Sunday to Tuesday. Economic loss estimated at about 500 million yuan (74.4 million U.S. dollars), local meteorological department said.

NANCHANG: As of 5 p.m. Tuesday, 548,000 people in east China’s Jiangxi Province have been hit by heavy rain since Sunday, as per the provincial flood control headquarters.

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Although the rain stopped on Wednesday, the local meteorological department predicted that more rainstorms would hit the region next week.

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