Heavy rainfall triggers evacuation of people in China's Sichuan province

By Esra Tekin

ANKARA (AA) - Heavy rains in southwestern China have triggered the displacement of hundreds of residents as authorities issued more than 13,000 disaster warning messages.

Guangyuan, Nanchong, Dazhou and Bazhong counties in Sichuan province were heavily affected by rains since Tuesday, said provincial disaster relief authorities, according to the Global Times newspaper.

Authorities organized 398 emergency transfers, involving 392 hidden dangers in 10 cities.

A total of 2,552 people from 1,181 households have been transferred to safer places since Tuesday.