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NANNING, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Eight people in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous1 region have been killed by rainstorms that have wrought2 havoc3 in many parts of the country over the last few days, authorities said on Monday.
As of Monday evening, over 843,500 people and 35,530 hectares of farmland in Guangxi have been affected4 by downpours since Thursday, according to the regional civil affairs bureau.
Over 2,300 houses collapsed5 due to the heavy rain. And direct economic losses are estimated to stand at about 310 million yuan (48.7 million U.S. dollars).
Local governments have relocated 23,300 people.
Rainstorms and gales6 have hit the southern coastal7 city of Beihai in the region over the past few days.
The local meteorological observatory8 in Beihai gave a blue-color-coded warning signal at 4 p.m. on Monday, predicting gales will rage over Beihai and the Beibu Gulf9 in the following 24 hours.
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1 autonomous | |
adj.自治的;独立的 | |
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v.引起;以…原料制作;运转;adj.制造的 | |
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n.大破坏,浩劫,大混乱,大杂乱 | |
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6 gales | |
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adj.海岸的,沿海的,沿岸的 | |
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n.天文台,气象台,瞭望台,观测台 | |
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n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂 | |
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n.船运(发货,运输,乘船) | |
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adj.海的,海事的,航海的,近海的,沿海的 | |
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