HARBIN, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Over 10,000 hectares of cropland in a county in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province have been affected due to rainstorm-triggered floods, local authorities said Tuesday.
Persistent heavy rain battered Xunke County in the city of Heihe in recent days, affecting seven townships in the county. A total of 10,000 hectares of cropland from nine villages in the Xunhe Township were flooded, the county government said.
Dai Yunchong, head of a local hydrological station, said the flood of the Zhanhe River was the largest since 1963 when the hydrological station was built.
So far, the town has set up three temporary shelters which can accommodate 100 people. No casualties have been reported.
Heilongjiang is one of China's major grain production bases. The province saw a total grain output of 75.05 billion kg in 2018, accounting for over 10 percent of the country's total grain output, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
