8 dead, 2 missing in rain-triggered floods in Gansu
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Updated: 2018-08-10 15:40
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LANZHOU -- Eight people have died and two remain missing after torrential rain battered a county in Northwest China's Gansu Province, local authorities said Friday.
Central areas of the province have seen heavy rain since Thursday night.
As of 9 am Friday, eight residents from Jingyuan County in the city of Baiyin were killed by floods, and a further two are still missing, according to the Baiyin government.
A search operation for the missing is underway.
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