China rains force evacuation of 77,000

Updated July 11 2019 - 7:28pm, first published 7:25pm
Flooding in China has damaged 126,100 hectares of farmland and destroyed at least 1600 homes.
Flooding in China has damaged 126,100 hectares of farmland and destroyed at least 1600 homes.

The heaviest average rainfall to lash a swathe of southern and eastern China in more than half a century has brought torrential rain and floods and forced the evacuation of nearly 80,000 people.

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