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Death toll rises to 9 in NW China flood

(Xinhua)    19:44, August 05, 2015
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Rescuers search for the tourists swept by flood in northwest China's Shaanxi Province Aug 3, 2015. [Photo: cnwest]

XI'AN, Aug. 5 -- The death toll of a rain-triggered flood in northwest China's Shaanxi Province climbed to nine on Wednesday, after two more bodies were found.

Of the nine dead, two were children, according to the publicity department of Chang'an District in Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi.

Thirteen people were washed away from a riverside restaurant at Xiaoyuhe Village in Chang'an District at around 5:15 p.m. on Monday. Four were rescued, it said.

The Xi'an Municipal Meteorological Observatory issued a yellow alert for the storm at 4:20 p.m. on Monday, warning that torrential rain may cause landslides and floods.

The precipitation at Xiaoyuhe Village was recorded at 145.7 mm, the highest in the past 30 years.

(For the latest China news, Please follow People's Daily on Twitter and Facebook)(Editor:Ma Xiaochun,Bianji)

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