HARBIN, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Over 10,000 hectares of cropland in a county in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province have been affected due to rainstorm-triggered floods, local authorities said Tuesday.

Persistent heavy rain battered Xunke County in the city of Heihe in recent days, affecting seven townships in the county. A total of 10,000 hectares of cropland from nine villages in the Xunhe Township were flooded, the county government said.

Dai Yunchong, head of a local hydrological station, said the flood of the Zhanhe River was the largest since 1963 when the hydrological station was built.

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So far, the town has set up three temporary shelters which can accommodate 100 people. No casualties have been reported.

Heilongjiang is one of China's major grain production bases. The province saw a total grain output of 75.05 billion kg in 2018, accounting for over 10 percent of the country's total grain output, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.