BEIJING, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Rainstorms continued to
wreak havoc in south China, leaving more people dead or missing and displacing
hundreds of thousands.
Five people have been killed and two others remain missing after severe rainstorms lashed southeast Fujian Province starting Wednesday.
Local people paddle boats on a flooded street in Rongshui Yao Autonomous County, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 4, 2009. Floods caused by rainstorms since early the week have left four people missing and 11,845 others displaced in Guangxi. The torrential rains have also damaged 12,440 hectares of crops and killed 53,300 heads of cattle. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua) Photo Gallery>>>
As of 5 p.m. Saturday, torrential rain had affected 180,000 people in Fujian, and forced 22,000 of them to evacuate, the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters said.
Flooding damaged 12,690 hectares of crops and 25 km
of embankment. It also led 64 businesses to close and 420 houses to collapse.
The rainstorms incurred a direct economic loss of 242
million yuan (35.4 million U.S. dollars).
The provincial meteorological bureau Friday issued a
yellow alert, the third-highest, for torrential rains.
Downpours had affected more than 30 counties in
Fujian, with maximum rainfall of 100 mm as of 6 a.m. Saturday.
Photo taken on July 4, 2009 shows a
flooded area in Rongshui County, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang
Autonomous Region. The traffic in 16 townships of Rongshui County was
interrupted due to the floods caused by torrential rains in recent days,
which have afflicted 150,000 people. (Xinhua/Long Tao) Photo Gallery>>>
Authorities have sent text messages to more than one
million residents on precautions against heavy rainstorms.
Heavy rains pelted 28 counties in southern Guangxi
Zhuang Autonomous Region, forcing 144,100 residents to leave their homes and
damaging 38,190 hectares of crops and 21,033 houses.
Half of Rongshui county seat suffered flooding and
power cuts after the Rongjiang River overflowed its banks.
In Luocheng county, the Kama Reservoir flooded, and
the water flow from the spillways destroyed a 13.5-meter section of a dyke near
the base of the reservoir dam.
Local officials deliver food to trapped
residents in Xingping Town of Yangshuo County, southwest China's Guangxi
Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 4, 2009. Floods caused by rainstorms since
early the week have left four people missing and 11,845 others displaced
in Guangxi. The torrential rains have also damaged 12,440 hectares of
crops and killed 53,300 heads of cattle. (Xinhua/Chen Ruihua) Photo Gallery>>>
Luocheng County Government Friday organized the
evacuation of 7,509 people living downstream from the reservoir for fear that
the dam might collapse.
Sixteen temporary shelters were provided for 6,231 of
the evacuees, and the other 1,278 went to live with relatives.
More than 100,000 residents in eastern province of
Jiangxi have been made homeless and 10,000 houses collapsed. Rainstorms also
disrupted traffic, caused landslides and cut power supply.
Torrential rains also killed eight and relocated
140,000 in the central province of Hunan.
Parts of Hunan had received more than 200 millimeters
of precipitation and this has caused water levels in many rivers and dams to
rise to alarm levels.
NANNING, July 4 (Xinhua) -- More than 50,000 people have
been forced to leave their homes after heavy rains for three straight days in
some areas of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Rongshui County Government confirmed Saturday that half of
the 20 townships in the county reported rainfall of 100 to 200 mm from Wednesday
to Friday. The worst hit was Dalang Township, with 402 mm. Full story
BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Rainstorms since early the
week have swept a wide swathe of south China, leaving dozens people dead or
missing and forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate.
In Jiangxi Province, two people were killed, three more
were missing and more than 100,000 have been evacuated following the heaviest
rain this summer, local flood control authorities said. Full story
NANCHANG, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Rainstorms since Tuesday have
swept the eastern province of Jiangxi from north to south, leaving two people
dead and over 60,000 others evacuated, according to local flood control
authorities on Friday.
By 3 p.m. Friday, average rainfall in the province was
97.4 millimeters, while the maximum topped 540.8 millimeters in Niedu town of
Chongyi County. The province, for the first time in history, issued the highest
level of rainstorm alarm on Friday. Full story
