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Floods cause $2.4 billion in economic losses

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The civil affairs bureau of China's Hebei Province has said that heavy downpours and flooding in in the province has killed 114 people and caused direct economic losses of more than 16 billion Chinese yuan ($2.4 billion), Xinhua reported.

Floods and landslides have damaged 155,000 homes and destroyed more than 700,000 hectares of crops. The extreme weather has caused power outages, road closures and disruptions to communication and other infrastructure across Jingxing county.

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