Rainstorms to persist in south China

The China Meteorological Administration (CMA) warned on Tuesday that more rainstorms and strong winds are to hit southern regions from Wednesday. Chen Zhenlin, a CMA official in charge of emergency disaster relief and public services said the stormy weather will come around again in the southern regions, following torrential rains since March 27. Guangdong Province and the adjacent Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region both registered record-breaking monthly precipitation in March. Chen said that south China has entered the flood season since March 30, seven days early compared to other years. He said Guangdong and Guangxi will see up to 160 millimeters of precipitation over the next ten days, while southwest China's Guizhou Province will also see mostly rainy weather during the period. Rain and hailstorms since Saturday have brought landslides and flight delays to southern China. In Guangdong province, authorities confirmed on Tuesday that 11 people had been killed while hailstorms have left two dead and more than 3,000 hectares of crops destroyed in Guangxi.