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| A worker cleans garbage in river channel in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, July 26, 2010. The Chongqing section of the Yangtze River and Jialingjiang River met the second flood peak of this flood season Monday. The Beibei hydrometric station of Jialingjiang River reported a water level of 190.56 meters during the flood peak, while the Cuntan hydrometric station of the Yangtze River reported a water level of 179.70 meters during the flood peak Monday. (Xinhua/Chen Cheng) |
BEIJING, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Drenched riverside towns in central and southern parts of China on Monday prepared for even more flooding as water levels in the country's huge rivers surged and rainstorms continued.
Mud flows hit a remote riverside village in the southwestern province of Yunnan bordering Myanmar early Monday, leaving 11 people missing and another 11 injured, local officials reported.
The village, located in Drung-Nu Autonomous County of Gongshan near the region's key waterway Nujiang River, is very difficult to reach after rain-triggered landslides and mud flows blocked the mountainous trails frustrating rescue efforts.
Officials with the regional Lisu Autonomous Prefecture of Nujiang government said they were as yet unable to reach the injured.
In central Hubei Province, the government raised the flood alert to the second highest level and ordered relevant agencies and rescuers to remain vigilant.
The water flow rate into the Danjiangkou Reservoir from the Hanjiang River, the second largest branch of the Yangtze River, peaked at the highest in almost three decades, the provincial disaster relief headquarters said, describing the flood-control situation as "very severe."
