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Beijing, Sep 12 (EFE).- More than 70 crocodiles have escaped from a farm in southern China amid persistent rain, prompting authorities to restrict residents to their homes and ban fishing activities in the area, state media said on Tuesday. The incident occurred in the city of Maoming in the southern Guangdong province, after severe rainstorms …

BEIJING (AP) — Rainstorms battering southern China have killed at least seven people and allowed dozens of crocodiles to escape from a farm.

Intense rainstorms dumped 4 months of rain on Maoming, China, in just two days, causing 75 crocodiles to escape their enclosure into floodwaters.

An emergency official was quoted as saying that 69 adult crocodiles and six juveniles had escaped. Some have been captured, but the operation was difficult because of the depth of a lake they are in, the media reports said.

Chinese emergency teams are scrambling to track down a large number of crocodiles that escaped after heavy storms and floods that hit in recent days.

More than 70 crocodiles escaped from a farm in southern China as strong rains and floods continue to sweep the region

Nearby residents were advised to stay at home after more than 70 crocodiles escaped in Maoming, a city near the coast in western Guangdong province, according to Chinese media reports.

Heavy rain that started over the weekend in the Guangxi region of China has triggered landslides that are so far responsible for at least seven deaths. In Maoming, however, located...

Approximately 75 crocodiles fled when a lake in Maoming, Guangdong province overflowed

Rainstorms battering southern China have killed at least seven people and allowed dozens of crocodiles to escape from a farm. Nearby residents were