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Beijing, Aug 21 (Prensa Latina) The flood death toll reached 24 in the province of Qinghai, northeast China, local authorities confirmed today.

Three new corpses, found on Tuesday, completed the figure.

Storms and hailstorms hindered rescue works since Tuesday in Wulan district, in Haixi, noted officials of the district government.

This territory was previously flooded by the storms that destroyed sites under construction.

Many of those deceased were workers, who were repairing one of the roads of the zone.