8 dead, 2 missing in north China rainstorm
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E-mail Xinhua, August 1, 2012
Eight people have been confirmed dead and two remain missing days after heavy rain battered a county in north China's Shanxi province, local authorities said Tuesday.
![Workers clear a fallen tree from a road after heavy rain in Jincheng, north China's Shanxi Province, July 31, 2012. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20120801/0014222d98501182ca760e.jpg "Workers clear a fallen tree from a road after heavy rain in Jincheng, north China's Shanxi Province, July 31, 2012. [Xinhua]") |
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Workers clear a fallen tree from a road after heavy rain in Jincheng, north China's Shanxi Province, July 31, 2012. [Xinhua] |
Torrential rains lashed Linxian county on Thursday and Friday, damaging roads and telecommunications facilities, the county's information office said in a statement.
Rescue operations are still under way, with rescuers repairing damaged roads and restoring electricity in some areas.
Early Tuesday morning, Shanxi issued this year's first red alert for rainstorms, as a new round of rain has pelted the province this week.
The provincial meteorological station issued the red rainstorm alert at 4:22 a.m. to warn of more heavy rains that are expected to hit four cities in the southern part of the province from Tuesday to Wednesday.
Chinese meteorological authorities use a four-tier color-coded weather warning system, with red being the most severe, followed by orange, yellow and blue.
