Xi, who is the paramount leader of China’s ruling Communist Party and its top military commander, visited flood-affected villages in Shangzhi, according to Xinhua.

The state media outlet said Xi, when learning of victims’ losses and current needs, expressed sympathy and encouraged them to bolster their confidence to overcome difficulty. According to Xinhua, the president expressed hope that citizens could soon resume normal work and life, and that their lives would continue to improve.
Farmers scramble in China’s flooded northern granary as Typhoon Khanun looms
Farmers scramble in China’s flooded northern granary as Typhoon Khanun looms
Shangzhi is a major agricultural area in Heilongjiang, known for its rice, soybeans and corn production.
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Before Typhoon Doksuri, it had had 19 consecutive years of bountiful harvest. But given that agricultural land was severely damaged by the flood, there is little expectation of a harvest this year, according to Thepaper.cn, a Shanghai news portal.
According to a report by the Shangzhi municipal government on August 4, it experienced the heaviest rainfall since 1957, and was judged to have exceeded the once-in-a-century level. Across the city that week, school and work were suspended.
Since Typhoon Doksuri made landfall in Fujian in southeastern China on July 28, severe flooding has killed at least 61 people in Beijing and neighbouring Hebei province, displaced millions and caused havoc in Beijing and several surrounding cities.
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