China raises emergency response as heavy rains flood parts of Yunnan, Gansu

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Heavy rains triggered flooding and landslides in China’s Yunnan and Gansu provinces, with state broadcaster CCTV airing footage on Friday (July 4) showing rescue operations in Ruili, Yunnan, where rainfall topped 70mm (2.8 inches) and residents were trapped by rising waters.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Heavy rains triggered flooding and landslides in China's Yunnan and Gansu provinces, with

00:08state broadcaster CCTV airing footage on Friday showing rescue operations in Ruili, Yunnan,

00:14where rainfall topped 70 mm and residents were trapped by rising waters.

00:19In Gansu, some areas saw over 268 mm of rain, prompting red alerts for geological disasters

00:28in Longnan and Tianxue, where at least 11 roads were blocked by landslides and floods.

00:35China's north and west braced for flash floods and landslides on Thursday, as annual plum

00:41rains left a trail of destruction and prompted the mobilization of thousands of rescue workers

00:46to pull people from floodwaters.

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