Dozens killed as floods, rainstorms hit China

Floods and mudslides in south China have uprooted hundreds of thousands of people and left dozens dead or missing, state media reported Thursday.

The bad weather has wreaked havoc on popular tourist areas that had already been battered by months of travel restrictions during the coronavirus outbreak.

In southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, six people were reported dead and one missing, Xinhua said.Streets were waterlogged in popular tourist destination Yangshuo, forcing residents and visitors to evacuate on bamboo rafts. One owner of a family-run hotel told Xinhua that the guest rooms were submerged in one metre of rainwater.

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