21 Killed, 8 Missing in East China Mountain Torrents

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21 Killed, 8 Missing in East China Mountain Torrents

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Twenty-one people had been killed and 8 others reported missing in Zhejiang as powerful mountain torrents triggered by heavy rain hit the coastal provincein east China over the past few days, local government officials announced Saturday in Hangzhou.

The torrents, which started on Thursday and affected about 89,000 people, hit the Jinhua, Quzhou and Lishui regions of Zhejiang,destroying 4,210 houses and over 6,400 hectares of farmland, said sources with the Zhejiang provincial command of flood and drought control.

More than 30 villages in Quzhou City were struck by unstoppablemountain torrents on Thursday afternoon and the flood waters did not recede until 5 p.m. Friday, local sources said.

In some places, the torrents also caused landslides which destroyed roads and bridges and cut off local traffic and communications.

The Zhejiang provincial government has sent officials to the affected areas to organize rescue and relief work, sources said.

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