A local boy carries a bag of wheat flour
delivered by rescue workers at the Houhu Village of Fengtai County in east
China's Anhui Province, July 12, 2007. (Xinhua Photo/Wang Lei)
BEIJING,
July 12 (Xinhua) -- China's central government allocated another 95 million yuan
(12.5 million U.S. dollars) on Thursday to fund disaster relief work in
flood-hit Anhui, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan and Shanxi provinces, a spokesman of the
Ministry of Civil Affairs said.
The government set aside 232 million yuan on
Wednesday for these areas.
The people in flood-stricken areas have been properly
relocated, according to the spokesman.
The central government also sent several working
teams to flood-stricken areas to guide disaster relief work. One of the working
teams, headed by civil affairs minister Li Xueju, arrived in Anhui on Wednesday.
Torrential rain began lashing the Huaihe River
valley, the eastern area of Sichuan Province and the southern area of Shaanxi
Province on June 28.
More than 66.3 million Chinese have been affected by
floods this summer, with 360 people killed and direct economic losses of 24.3
billion yuan, according to latest figures from the State Flood Control and
Drought Relief Headquarters.
BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- China's central government
set aside 232 million yuan (about 31.35 million U.S. dollars) on Wednesday to
finance the ongoing battle against floods in Anhui, Jiangsu, Henan, Hubei and
Sichuan provinces.
Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao
urged local governments to try to improve weather monitoring, give priority to
safety and properly relocate people in flood-hit areas. Full story
BEIJING, July 12 (Xinhua) -- A total of 403 Chinese have
died, 105 are missing and 3.17 million people have been relocated as the rainy
season coupled with ferocious flood waters continues to batter central and
southern China.
Millions of people strung across 24 provinces,
autonomous regions and municipalities have been lashed by torrential rains and
floods. Full story
WANGJIABA, Anhui, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Authorities on
China's Huaihe River closed one of the major flood diversion channels on
Thursday in anticipation of further flood peaks to come.
Thirteen sluices at Wangjiaba, a key hydrological
station, were closed almost two days after they were opened in a move to reserve
capacity in flood zones, said an official from the Huaihe River Flood Control
and Drought Relief Headquarters. Full story
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