Cellphone photo taken on July 7, 2019 shows a flooded area of Lichuan County, Fuzhou, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua)
NANCHANG, July 7 (Xinhua) -- A total of 228,000 people have been affected by rainstorm-triggered floods in east China's Jiangxi Province, with 6,351 residents relocated, local authorities said Sunday.
Rainstorms battered the province since Wednesday afternoon, which led to five cities being inundated by floods, according to the provincial flood control headquarters.
Cellphone photo taken on July 7, 2019 shows residents clearing water and mud from their home in a flooded area of Lichuan County, Fuzhou, east China's Jiangxi Province. Some 228,000 residents in Jiangxi Province have been affected by sustained rainfall which began on July 3. (Xinhua)
A total of 14,900 hectares of cropland have been affected with 900 hectares destroyed. The floods also destroyed 34 households. The direct economic losses totaled 310 million yuan (about 45 million U.S. dollars), said the headquarters.
The local meteorological department predicted that the central and northern part of the province will receive a new round of storms in following days.
The provincial government has also called on local authorities to prepare for the floods.
