22 dead, 6 missing in storms in East China city
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-07-19 08:41
Rainstorms hit
Jinan, East China's Shandong province July 18,
2007. [newsphoto] | JINAN -- Twenty-two
persons were killed, six missing and 142 injured as rainstorms hit Jinan,
capital of east China's Shandong Province on Wednesday, local government sources
said on Thursday.
The city and its vicinity received a record of 180 mm of rainfall within
three hours from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, the city's meteorological
bureau said.
The rainstorm also cut off traffic, electricity and water supply for three
hours, the government said.
There is no report on economic loss, number of affected residents and
collapsed houses amid the rainfall.
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