国内英语新闻:Flood alert in S China as downpours continue
The downpours continued to sweep the Pearl River Delta area from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. Sixteen observation sites reported precipitation of more than 100 millimeters, the Guangdong Provincial Hydrological Bureau said.
Two people were killed in a rain-triggered landslide Friday midnight, in Xingning city in Guangdong's northeast.
The Changsha hydrological station in the lower reaches of the Tanjiang River saw a 2.5-meter-high water level at 11:35 a.m. Sunday, 40 centimeters higher than the warning level.
Another one, the Moyang river in western Guangdong is also swelling and expected to have a 5.8-meter flood peak at midday Monday.
From 8 a.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Sunday, the whole province had an average rainfall of 58 mm, with 170 mm in the Pearl River Delta area.
The provincial flood control and drought relief authorities have ordered local governments to closely monitor weather changes and brace for possible flooding.
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