21 dead as floods hit Guizhou
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June 8, 2011, Wednesday
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Floods triggered by the rain have caused 21 deaths and left 32 people missing in southwest China's Guizhou Province, the provincial civil affairs authority said yesterday.
The 21 deaths were reported in the worst-affected Wangmo County, where 31 people were reported missing. Another person was listed as missing in Luodian County.
Flooding had forced at least 45,000 residents of Wangmo County to evacuate, the county's flood control and drought relief office said, and 3,000 remained stranded.
Flood waters inundated the county seat on Monday, disrupting power and water supplies and telecommunication services in several towns.
Some 5,500 hectares of cropland was damaged, more than 500 vehicles were washed away, 100 homes were toppled and roads and bridges were destroyed.
About 6,000 students from four schools had to stay home yesterday, as their schools were inaccessible because of the flood waters, said the county's education chief Yuan Tie.
Cao Zeying, principal of the county's No. 2 Primary School, said several classrooms on the first floor were under water.
Floods have so far hit 14 cities and counties across the province, affecting at least 400,000 people.
As of Monday, precipitation topped 100 millimeters in 16 of the province's counties. Another 31 counties received 55 to 100mm of rainfall, officials said.
The local weather bureau is predicting that the rainy weather will last until tomorrow.
Heavy rain has pelted several other provinces during the past few days.
In Hunan, torrential rain caused landslides and forced the shutdown of a major state road that won't be reopened until tomorrow, according to officials at the provincial weather station.
Heavy rainfall since Friday has relieved drought in the central and northern part of the province but also caused floods and damaged crops in some areas.
The station forecast that more rain will hit Hunan tomorrow and warned of landslides and mountain torrents.
In neighboring Jiangxi Province, downpours caused the collapse of a three-floor house in the town of Wencheng, leaving five family members unaccounted for, said a local government spokesman.
The National Meteorological Center said yesterday that rains would continue in the drought-afflicted middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River next week, which may lead to flooding in the region.
The 21 deaths were reported in the worst-affected Wangmo County, where 31 people were reported missing. Another person was listed as missing in Luodian County.
Flooding had forced at least 45,000 residents of Wangmo County to evacuate, the county's flood control and drought relief office said, and 3,000 remained stranded.
Flood waters inundated the county seat on Monday, disrupting power and water supplies and telecommunication services in several towns.
Some 5,500 hectares of cropland was damaged, more than 500 vehicles were washed away, 100 homes were toppled and roads and bridges were destroyed.
About 6,000 students from four schools had to stay home yesterday, as their schools were inaccessible because of the flood waters, said the county's education chief Yuan Tie.
Cao Zeying, principal of the county's No. 2 Primary School, said several classrooms on the first floor were under water.
Floods have so far hit 14 cities and counties across the province, affecting at least 400,000 people.
As of Monday, precipitation topped 100 millimeters in 16 of the province's counties. Another 31 counties received 55 to 100mm of rainfall, officials said.
The local weather bureau is predicting that the rainy weather will last until tomorrow.
Heavy rain has pelted several other provinces during the past few days.
In Hunan, torrential rain caused landslides and forced the shutdown of a major state road that won't be reopened until tomorrow, according to officials at the provincial weather station.
Heavy rainfall since Friday has relieved drought in the central and northern part of the province but also caused floods and damaged crops in some areas.
The station forecast that more rain will hit Hunan tomorrow and warned of landslides and mountain torrents.
In neighboring Jiangxi Province, downpours caused the collapse of a three-floor house in the town of Wencheng, leaving five family members unaccounted for, said a local government spokesman.
The National Meteorological Center said yesterday that rains would continue in the drought-afflicted middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River next week, which may lead to flooding in the region.
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