At least 20 missing in rain-triggered landslides in NW China
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Residents clean water in front of their houses after rainfall on Xinjie Street in Langao County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, on July 19, 2010. At least 20 people are missing after landslides struck Langao County Sunday night, local authorities said Monday. Landslides and mud-rock flows struck several villages in Langao County at 10:30 p.m. Sunday after days of continuous rain. In Muzhu village of Siji Township alone, nine homes were flattened and 20 people were missing. Rescuers were still searching for the victims Monday. (Xinhua/Su Yun)
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XI'AN, July 19 (Xinhua) -- At least 20 people are missing after landslides struck a mountainous county of northwest China's Shaanxi Province Sunday night, local authorities said Monday.
Landslides and mud-rock flows struck several villages in Langao County at 10:30 p.m. Sunday after days of continuous rain, the county's flood control office said in a press release. Full Story
Three Gorges area faces "biggest challenge"
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| Photo taken on July 17 shows the trail of damage in Dazhou, southwest China's Sichuan Province Friday, which is hit by rainstorm. (Xinhua Photo) |
BEIJING, July 19 (Xinhuanet) -- The Three Gorges reservoir is expected to face its biggest challenge since its operation, with a major flood brewing at the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, water authorities said on Sunday.
The China Three Gorges Corporation forecast that floods as huge as those in 1998 will occur. Full Story
Death toll from SW China flooding rises to 23, 30 still missing
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| Photo taken on July 17 shows the trail of damage in Dazhou, southwest China's Sichuan Province Friday, which is hit by rainstorm. (Xinhua File Photo) |
CHENGDU, July 18 (Xinhua) -- At least 23 people have been killed and 30 are still missing as of Sunday evening after the worst rainstorm of the year lashed southwest China's Sichuan Province late Friday, the provincial civil affairs department said.
More than 586,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes as torrential rains pounded 62 counties and cities in the province and triggered mountain torrents, landslides and house collapses, cutting off roads, electricity and communications in some regions. Full Story
Yangtze River water levels rise after rain
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| Several vessels sail on the up-surging Yangtze River at the section of Jiujiang, east China's Jiangxi Province, June 27, 2010. The water level on the trunk stream of the Yangtze River in the Jiujiang section rose to 20.18 meters by 19 o'clock on the day, 0.18 meters above the alert level, with a corresponding flows rate as quick as 40,300 cubic meters per second, as an aftermath of previous persistent strong downpour, for the first time since 2003. (Xinhua/Hu Guolin) |
BEIJING, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Water levels in the upper- and middle-sections of the Yangtze River have risen due to heavy rainfalls, a statement on the website of China's State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters said Sunday.
The level in Dongting Lake had risen to 32.53 meters at 10:00 a.m. Sunday, about 0.02 meters above the alert level and the first time the level has risen above the alert level this flood season. Full Story
