10,000 residents evacuated as torrential rain batters China's Guizhou

Beijing, June 7 (IANS) Torrential rain battered parts of southwest China's Guizhou province on Sunday, triggering floods and forcing the evacuation of nearly 10,000 residents. The hardest-hit areas included Qianxi City, Zunyi City and Changshun County, Xinhua news agency reported. In Qianxi, continuous downpours from Saturday through the early hours of Sunday affected all 30 townships in the city, with five townships experiencing exceptionally heavy rainfall. Local authorities launched around-th