中国暴雨迫使8万人撤离，毁坏农田超10万多公顷

The heaviest average rainfall to lash a swathe of southern and eastern China in more than half a century has brought torrential rain and floods and forced the evacuation of nearly 80,000 people.

中国南部和东部地区遭遇半个多世纪以来最大的平均降雨，暴雨和洪水随之而来，迫使近8万人撤离。

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Even more rain is expected, state television said on Thursday, after average rainfall in the affected areas this week was recorded as 51 percent higher than in the corresponding periods of previous years, and the largest since 1961.

国家电视台周四表示，预计还会有新一轮的降雨，本周受影响地区的平均降雨量比往年同期高出51%，是1961年以来最大的一次。

Television showed images of half-submerged buildings and flooded streets in some of the worst-hit areas.

电视画面显示，在一些受灾最严重的地区，建筑物半淹，街道被水全部淹没。

The latest episode has damaged 126,100 hectares of farmland and destroyed 1600 homes, the Ministry of Emergency Management estimated.

据应急管理部估计，这次事件已损坏126100公顷农田，摧毁1600所房屋。

As many as 77,000 people had been evacuated, it added.

多达7.7万人被疏散。

The affected areas include the southern provinces of Hunan and Jiangxi, eastern Zhejiang, the southeastern province of Fujian, and the northern parts of the southwestern Guangxi region.

受影响地区包括南部省份湖南和江西、东部省份浙江、东南部省份福建以及西南部广西的北部地区。

The first three areas are expected to be doused again in a fresh burst of torrential rain on Friday and Saturday, weather officials said, along with the central province of Hubei, eastern Anhui and the province of Guizhou in the southwest.

气象预报显示，预计前三个地区以及中部的湖北省、东部的安徽省和西南部的贵州省将在周五、周六再次遭遇暴雨袭击。

The Yangtze River in Jiangxi is expected to exceed its warning level for the first time this year around Sunday, swelled by heavy rain that could last until Tuesday, state TV said.

据国家电视台报道，暴雨可能持续至下周二，江西长江水位预计将在周日左右首次超过警戒水位。