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The ancient town of Liye is inundated by rain-triggered floods in the Tujia-Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Xiangxi, Central China's Hunan province, on June 21, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua] |
According to the provincial flood control headquarters, the storm has resulted in swollen rivers and inundated the ancient town of Liye in the Tujia-Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Xiangxi, home to a large number of excavated bamboo slips chronicling China's Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC).
Disaster relief efforts are under way.
The local meteorological station forecast that more rainstorms will hit the region on Thursday.
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