Central China province issues second-highest rainstorm alert

ZHENGZHOU, July 16 (Xinhua) -- Central China's Henan Province issued an orange alert for rainstorm at 9 a.m. Tuesday, the second-highest level in the country's four-tier weather warning system, according to the province's meteorological observatory.

From Monday to Tuesday morning, heavy downpours lashed many parts of the province, with a maximum precipitation of 638.5 mm recorded in Sheqi County.

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