![]() “Still, many roads in my area have been closed, which makes commuting extremely difficulty,” he said. Luo Yu, who lives in the city’s Yuelu district, said that it is frightening to see water overflowing the banks in some areas, though there was no threat of a breach where he lived. The water level of the Xiangjiang River, which flows through the province, rose to 39.49 meters (129.6 feet) in Changsha, or 31 centimeters (1.0 foot) higher than the record high reached in 1998. Hunan’s capital of Changsha was hit the hardest after it received more than 450 millimeters of rain in the same period, according to the province’s water conservation authority. More than 270 millimeters of rain fell in the province on average from June 22 to early on Monday. This year, most of the precipitation in Hunan has fallen over the past 10 days or so. Photo: Chen Weixi/CaixinĪn immense flood triggered by torrential rain in the summer of 1998 killed more than 4,000 people and caused 166 billion yuan - about $20 billion at the time - in damage in Hunan. Above, a man rides a homemade raft on a flooded street of Tianxin district of Changsha, Hunan province, on Monday. ![]() Recent flooding in central China has killed at least 24 people and caused at least 16.2 billion yuan in damages. Hunan received about 407 millimeters (15.75 inches) of rain in June, about 20% more precipitation than it received in the same month in 1998, official statistics show. Monday, according to the Hunan Provincial Civil Affairs Bureau. The flooding has affected more than 6.6 million people in 13 cities and prefectures in Hunan and caused nearly 16.2 billion yuan ($2.39 billion) in direct economic losses from damaged homes and lost crops by 9 a.m. (Beijing) - Recent flooding in central China that has killed at least 24 people in Hunan province has put officials on edge about the possibility of a repeat of a deadly 1998 flood that wreaked havoc across central and southern China.
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