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More rain on the way after China hit by deadly storms

A car is stranded in a flooded tunnel after a heavy rainstorm hit China's Jiangxi Province on May 12, flooding roads in several cities.
A car is stranded in a flooded tunnel after a heavy rainstorm hit China's Jiangxi Province on May 12, flooding roads in several cities.Zhou Ke / Xinhua via Zuma Press
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China's national observatory yesterday upgraded the warning level from blue to yellow for a new round of rainstorms expected to hit the country's southern regions over next three days.

The National Meteorological Center urged local authorities in south China to strengthen monitoring and guard against possible geological disasters such as landslides.

The national observatory uses a four-tier color-coded weather warning system, with red being the most severe, followed by orange, yellow and blue.

-- Reported by eastday.com

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A young girl makes her way along a mud-covered street after a storm hit the village of Minxian, China. Forty people were killed when a brief but violent hailstorm and torrential rain swept through a mountainous region of northwest China.
A young girl makes her way along a mud-covered street after a storm hit the village of Minxian, China. Forty people were killed when a brief but violent hailstorm and torrential rain swept through a mountainous region of northwest China.AFP - Getty Images

 

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