Flood Rescue efforts are continuing in northwest China

Rescue efforts are continuing after torrential rain triggered mountain torrents in Yuzhong County, northwest China’s Gansu Province, which had left 15 dead and 28 missing as of 18:00 on Saturday.

A total of 9,828 people in the disaster area had been evacuated to safety as of Friday night. Torrential rain began pounding Yuzhong, which is under the jurisdiction of the provincial capital city of Lanzhou, and other parts of Lanzhou on Thursday evening, with the maximum precipitation reaching 220.2 mm by noon Friday.