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desi
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prov
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oodingcausedbythetorr
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ainhasfor
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729
houses,damaged27.13hectar
esofcropandcausedlossesofmorethan$250mill
i
on,
Guangdong'sDepar
tmentofEmergencyManagementsai dTuesday
.

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inceswher
etherecordrai
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l
andsli
desandf l
oodedroads,accordi
ngtostatemedi
a.InsouthwesternGuizhoupr
ovince,
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ledov
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ngawaycarsandhomes, videosonsocialmedia
showed.Thedownpourscomeami dwarni
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sbecoming
morefrequent.

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oninGuangxi,
GuangdongandFuji
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ghestsince1961,
local
weather
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easr
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agerai
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l of621mil
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nches)i nthe46dayperiodfr
om May1andJune15, accordi
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omorethan90%ofthecountry
wideav erageof672.1mil
li
metersforthe
wholeof2021,
basedondat
abyt heNat
ional
ClimateCenter.Weatherexper
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areri
peforf
urt
herheav
yrai
nstor
msinthesouthofthecountryandheatwavesinthenorth.

"Col
dandwarm ai
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nChina,
andthet
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eentereda
deadl
ockandatugofwar,
"WangWeiyue,
ananaly
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com.
cn,anar
m oftheChina
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eor
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nist
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ecastt
opersistunt
ilTuesdayi
nthesout
her
npr
ovi
ncesofGui
zhou,
Jiangxi
,
Anhui
,Zheji
angandGuangxiandthenmov enort
hward.

Adopt
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rom :
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June20,
2022)

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