Torrential rain hit eastern, central China
( 2003-07-06 09:45) (Xinhua)
Torrential rain Saturday hit Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu
Province, and Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, causing
inconvenience to the cities' traffic and people's lives.
Till Saturday noon, the rainfall in Nanjing had reached 194.5 millimeters, a
record high in 20 years, said officials with the local flood control
authorities.
Nanjing's main avenues were all flooded by the rain water and many cars and
buses broke down while pedestrians had to wade through flooded streets.
In Wuhan, capital of Hubei Province in central China, it started raining
around 8:00 p.m. Friday and as of 2:00 p.m. Saturday, the precipitation totaled
81 millimeters. The city's urban areas were flooded to varying degrees.
Local
governments have used water pumps to drain the rainwater inside the cities and
as of press time, traffic in the two cities had resumed.
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