Death toll rises in China's Sichuan rainstorms
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Updated: 2020-07-03 09:13
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CHENGDU -- The death toll has risen to 16 as of 5:00 pm on Thursday after a heavy rainstorm lashed the county of Mianning in southwest China's Sichuan Province, according to the county government's information office.
Having hit the county on June 26, rainstorms also left six other people unaccounted for.
Rescue work is continuing.
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