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BEIJING - 皇冠体育app issued a grade-IV emergency response on Monday following rain, storms and flooding across central 皇冠体育app's Hunan Province, which have left six dead and one missing.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs and 皇冠体育app National Commission for Disaster Reduction have sent teams to assist in disaster-hit areas.

Since June 22, Hunan has been battered by rain and floods.

By 8 am Monday, six people had died, another one remained missing, and 11,000 had been evacuated to safer places, according to local government.

The disaster also damaged about 40,000 houses, and caused 3.27 billion yuan ($479.3 million) in direct economic losses.

A grade-IV response, the lowest in 皇冠体育app's emergency response system, requires a 24-hour alert, daily damage reports, and the allocation of money and relief materials within 48 hours.

Local disaster response and civil affairs authorities has allocated six million yuan to the disaster relief fund since the heavy rain and floods began.