BEIJING, June 15 (Xinhua) -- At least 57 people have
been killed and 1.27 million people relocated as rainstorms and floods ravaged
nine provinces and region in south China, according to the Ministry of Civil
Affairs and Guangdong Province on Sunday.
A bus splashes through a flooded street
in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, June 14, 2008.
(Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>
The Ministry of Civil Affairs said 55 people were killed
and another seven people were reported missing as of 9 p.m. on Saturday. A total
of 17.87 million people have been affected.
However, Guangdong reported two more deaths on
Sunday, bringing death toll to 20 in the province and 57 nationwide. Eight
others were missing and 5.76 million people in 17 Guangdong cities were
affected, the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters said.
The disaster damaged crops on 860,500 hectares of
farms, including total crop failure on 90,200 hectares. It toppled down 45,000
houses and damaged 141,000. The direct economic loss stood at 10.61 billion yuan
(1.53 billion U.S. dollars).
Rainstorms and floods have ravaged the provinces of
Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guizhou and Yunnan and the
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region since June 6, the ministry said.
A man ride a motorcycle in the flooded
street in Changzhou Town, Wuzhou City, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang
Autonomous Region, June 15, 2008.(Xinhua Photo) Photo
Gallery>>>
Guangdong was on full alert as floods in the swollen
rivers of Xijiang and Beijiang were expected to converge in Foshan City on
Monday.
Fourteen monitoring sites on the two rivers recorded
water levels above danger lines, the headquarters said.
The Guangdong maritime bureau closed up the
navigation routes in the Zhaoqing section of Xijiang and the Qingyuan section of
Beijiang starting from 1:40 p.m. and 1:50 p.m. on Sunday respectively.
Heavy rain in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
triggered landslides, mud-rock flows and floods, affecting more than 6.8 million
people and forcing the evacuation of 838,800, said the Guangxi civil affairs
department.
Flooded houses are seen at Luzhai Town
in Luzhai County, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June
13, 2008. Flood caused by heavy rains in the county has left many
buildings waterlogged. (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>
Crops were destroyed and houses toppled down. Losses
so far total 3.7 billion yuan, the department said.
In Hunan Province, nearly 2 million people have been
affected and more than 260,000 had to be evacuated from Yongzhou City. Flooding
occurred in all 11 counties and districts of the city, leading to the collapse
of 15,000 houses.
There were no reports of casualties in Yongzhou, said
the local flood control and drought relief headquarters on Sunday.
In Jiangxi, 3.87 million people have been affected
and losses total 3.37 billion yuan. About 210,000 people were put to fight
floods.
About 12,000 people stranded by flood have been
rescued so far in Jiangxi.
The National Meteorological Center forecast more
rains in southern parts of the country for the next few days.
BEIJING, June 15 (Xinhua) --
Torrential rain has taken a rising toll in southern China, affecting millions of
people.
Heavy rain started on June 8 in the Guangxi Zhuang
Autonomous Region and triggered landslides, mud-rock flows and floods, affecting
more than 6.8 million people and forcing the evacuation of 838,800, said the
Guangxi civil affairs department. Full story
WUZHOU, Guangxi, June 15 (Xinhua) -- A section of the
Xijiang River in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region was about to
burst its embankments following days of heavy rain, threatening tens of
thousands of people, local authorities said Sunday. Full story
BEIJING, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Heavy rains were forecast for
most parts of already-drenched southern China over the next 10 days, and some
areas could experience torrential rains, strong gales and thunderstorms, the
China Meteorological Administration (CMA) said on Sunday. Full story
BEIJING, June 13 (Xinhua) -- A dozen people were killed
and millions were affected as rainstorms continued to lash south China over the
past two days, local authorities said on Friday. Full story
