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China issues highest-level rainstorm warning after deadly floods

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Flooded buildings and streets after heavy rains in Qingyuan, in southern China's Guangdong province on April 22, 2024. [AFP]

More than 100,000 people have been evacuated due to heavy rain and fatal floods in southern China, with the government issuing its highest-level rainstorm warning for the affected area on Tuesday.

Torrential rains have lashed Guangdong province in recent days, swelling rivers and raising fears of severe flooding that state media said could be of the sort only "seen around once a century".

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