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2 killed, 1 missing in south China downpour

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-06-14 22:21

GUANGZHOU -- Two people were killed and another one was missing as downpour continued for a week in south China's Guangdong province, said local authorities on Sunday.

Torrential rains triggered flood in the Pingyuan and Jiaoling counties in the Meizhou city in eastern Guangdong, where maximum rainfall in three hours had reached 191.5 millimeters, a record high in 100 years, according to the Guangdong provincial hydrology bureau.

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Landslide killed two, injuring one and leaving another one missing. Twenty-eight roads were cut, houses in 157 households were toppled and about 1,287 hectares of crops were ruined. A total of 15,140 people were affected by the rains.

More than 100 soldiers and armed police were involved in repairing the roads, preventing possible landslides and helping with evacuation.