13 of the fatalities took place after a bus plunged into a flooded river outside the city of Shijiazhuang.
At least 28 people have died due to heavy flooding in northern China including 13 who were killed after a bus they were traveling in plunged into a rushing river, Chinese authorities announced on Tuesday, a disaster that comes just months after the western part of the country was hit by another devastating flood that killed more than 300 people....
In addition to the bus incident, 15 people in the neighboring Shanxi province were killed by the floods which destroyed around 19,500 houses and 470,000 acres of crops. According to Chinese state media, more than 120,000 have been evacuated from their homes and at least 1.75 million people have been affected by the flooding.
Heavy flooding in the normally dry Shanxi province also damaged a section of an ancient city wall at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Pingyao.that three people remained missing.¥5 billion . That’s the total amount of direct economic loss caused by Monday’s severe flood, local authorities estimated.On Saturday, authorities in the Shanxi province were forced to close 60 coal mines due to heavy rains, disrupting production in the country’s largest coal mining hub.
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