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Over 31,000 evacuated as heavy rain lashes South China's Hainan
Summary by Ground News
More than 31,000 people have been evacuated from at-risk areas in South China's Hainan province as persistent heavy rain battered parts of the island. As of 7:50 pm Sunday, 31,564 people had been relocated, though no major disasters were reported, according to the provincial committee for disaster prevention, mitigation and relief.
The Chinese authorities announced the evacuation of more than 31,000 people from vulnerable areas in Hainan Province in the south of the country, as the decline continued.
Prolonged heavy rains in Hainan, China, have forced the evacuation of more than 42,000 people, while some areas have raised their emergency response levels to the highest level.