国内英语新闻:Death toll rises, 42,000 relocated in rainstorms in central China

In Jiangxi Province, which borders Hunan and Guangdong, water levels reached more than 6 meters on roads near the railway station in Xinyu, the worst-hit city in Jiangxi.

It was the strongest rain in the city since 1984, said Ge Suping, director of the Xinyu government.

The average rainfall in the province was 52 mm in 24 hours, according to the provincial meteorological station

Torrential rains pelted many places in east China's Anhui Province on Wednesday and would continue for another nine days, according to the provincial meteorological station.

 

A worker works in a flooded street in Xinyu, East China's Jiangxi province on May 13, 2010.

The weather would damage the harvest of wheat and rape, Anhui's major agricultural products, Niu Yunsheng, director of the provincial agricultural bureau said Thursday.

Rainstorms in south China since early May have left at least 86 people dead and 16 missing, causing direct economic losses of almost 5.9 billion yuan (864 million U.S. dollars), said the Ministry of Civil Affairs.