China reports 141 dead or missing in flooding since June.
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a man paddles with an inflatable boat past submerged cars during a flood in Rongshui County in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Saturday, July 11, 2020. Vice Minister of Emergency Management Zheng Guoguang told reporters Monday, July 13, 2020 that the Yangtze River and parts of its watershed have seen the second highest rainfall since 1961 over the past six months.
Virtually all of mainland China has been affected, excluding vast far western areas such as Tibet and Xinjiang, according to Vice Minister of Emergency Management Zheng Guoguang. Damage has been estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars, adding to pressure on an economy deeply impacted by theHubei province, through which the Yangtze flows and famed for its numerous lakes and rivers, is under particular threat. The province's capital Wuhan was the epicenter of China's virus outbreak, which appears to have largely been contained.
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