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Waters in over 400 rivers have exceeded the warning levels, while some have reached historic heights over a period that officials claim to have caused the highest average rainfall levels across Yangtze River basin since 1961, according to Channels News Asia.

At least 141 people were dead or missing, nearly 15 million people were evacuated from their homes in July, and billions of dollars have been lost.

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Summer rains and seasonal glacial melt in the river's Tibetan plateau headwaters cause routine annual flooding. Water levels in the middle and lower sections of the Yangtze River have risen, said Xinhua. This followed 12 days of the water in parts of the river and its tributaries exceeding alert levels.

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The central city of Wuhan and the provinces of Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang declared red alerts as heavy rain swelled rivers and lakes. Wuhan, on the banks of the Yangtze river warned residents to take high precautions as water levels fast approached their maximum guaranteed safety level.

The giant Three Gorges reservoir is more than 10 metres higher than its warning level, with inflows now at more than 50,000 cubic metres a second, reported by Reuters.

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The Poyang lake in Jiangxi province is 2.5 metres higher than its warning level. It has expanded by more than 2,000 square kilometres during flood season, and parts of the surrounding town have been inundated.

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Economic activity in other parts of China, especially construction and steel and cement demand, has also been hurt by the flood. Heavy downpours have been lashing the region since last month, pushing average rainfall 12% higher than last year. The economic damage from flooding is expected to reach 86.2 billion yuan ($12 billion).

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We estimate recent floods in Yangtze River regions could lead to a gross drag of 0.4 to 0.8 percentage points on third-quarter GDP growth," analysts at Morgan Stanley.

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China's economy grew by 3.2% from April to June, stronger than 6.8% contraction recorded in the previous quarter. According to the government, a steady economic recovery in the first half laid a solid foundation for sustained growth in the second half.

But with the rain to continue in the coming week, economists have warned of imminent risk from widespread floods that could impede the fledgling recovery.

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The floods have been so widespread that infrastructure projects will be delayed as the majority of schemes are related to construction activities, informed Nikkei Asian Review.

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