Rain falls on areas hit by drought

BEIJING - Heavy rains in East, Central and South China over the weekend brought much-needed relief from a drought, as well as disastrous losses.

In the past two days, warnings about dangerous weather have come from weather bureaus in 82 cities in East China's Shandong, Fujian and Jiangxi provinces; Central China's Henan province; North China's Hebei province; South China's Guangdong province and Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region; and other places.

By 3 pm on Sunday, 26 cities had retracted the warnings, even while rainstorms, lightning and hailstorms still threatened Henan, Gansu, Shandong, Guangxi and Chongqing.