A total of 24 passenger ferry routes along the coast of Fujian were suspended on Thursday, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
The province’s emergency management authority warned of rainstorms and secondary disasters including flash floods and landslides.
“The province is currently experiencing a period of persistent, heavy rainfall,” it said in a WeChat statement.
Around 247,700 people in high-risk areas in neighbouring Fujian had been evacuated last week, after authorities had warned of heavy rain, Xinhua news agency reported.
At least 159 people were killed in southern China’s Guangxi region in July after Typhoon Maysak triggered devastating…
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