Thousands join rescue effort in flooded Fujian

BEIJING, June 8 (Xinhua) -- More than 7,000 Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers, along with armed policemen and reservists are helping rescue victims of the on-going flooding in east China's Fujian Province.  <<Full story

41 killed as flood sweeps Fujian

FUZHOU, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Forty-one people are dead in the floods that have swept southeast China's Fujian Province, said the Provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on Thursday. <<Full story

55 dead as storms continue in S. China

BEIJING, June 8 -- As powerful storms continue to lash southern China the latest reports confirm at least 55 people have been killed and a further 12 are missing.  <<Full story

Floods ravage E. China region, killing three

FUZHOU, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Three people were killed and five others missing in floods that have been tormenting parts of Fujian, a province on the east China coast.  <<Full story

More than 46 dead in southern floods

BEIJING, June 7 -- At least 46 people have been killed and more than 120,000 evacuated as heavy storms continue to sweep through southern China.  <<Full story

Torrential rain causes Kilometer-long fissure in Fujian

FUZHOU, June 4 (Xinhua) -- A fissure stretching about a kilometer appeared Sunday at a village in East China's Fujian Province after days of torrential rain, causing a house to collapse, local source said.  <<Full story

Death toll in latest S. China floods rises to 29

GUANGZHOU, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Relentless rainstorms and ensuingfloods in two southern Chinese provinces have left at least 29 people dead, forced the evacuation of 100,000 and affected hundreds of thousands of others, according to local government sources.  <<Full story