5 die as heavy rains lash Guizhou, Hunan
By Yang Jian |
June 11, 2012, Monday
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FIVE people were killed and two were missing in rain-triggered mudslides in two Chinese provinces over the weekend, and forecasters said heavy rain will hit a larger area in the south over the next few days.
Deadly mudslides occurred in Guizhou and Hunan provinces, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. Three people died and seven were sent to hospitals in Zhouxi Township in Kaili, a city in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Kaili officials said. At least 201 houses in Zhouxi have been damaged.
In central China's Hunan Province, rainstorms left two people dead and another two missing as of yesterday afternoon, according to the provincial flood control headquarters.
China's meteorological authority yesterday forecast heavy rain in the nation's southern regions over the next three days as well as thundershowers for northern areas.
Most regions south of the Yangtze River, including Guizhou Province, will see heavy rain until Tuesday, according to a statement posted on the National Meteorological Center's website.
Some of these areas will experience thunderstorms, gales and rainstorms, with precipitation reaching up to 150 millimeters, the center warned.
The center also forecast thundershowers in northeastern and northern China during the three-day period.
Heavy hail and rainstorms hit Beijing over the weekend, and the city's weather-forecasting department issued warnings for more hail and wind.
Rainstorms that began in the middle of last month have lingered around Hunan, Jiangxi and Fujian provinces, with houses damaged and many towns and cities flooded. Governments of the provinces issued mudslide alerts over the weekend to residents after the continuing rainfall.
In Jiangxi Province, heavy rains caused train delays and forced railway operators to limit train speeds or even close some routes. Speed has been limited in 80 kilometers per hour on the Jiangxi section of the Shanghai-Kunming Railway. Many trains from the province to Shanghai and Hangzhou were delayed for two hours.
"China's flood-control situation is quite severe this year," said Zhang Zhitong, deputy director of the Office of the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters.
Much of the torrential rain dropped near the country's major rivers, including the Yellow, Yangtze, Huaihe and Pearl, which will probably result in heavy flooding, Zhang said.
Deadly mudslides occurred in Guizhou and Hunan provinces, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. Three people died and seven were sent to hospitals in Zhouxi Township in Kaili, a city in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Kaili officials said. At least 201 houses in Zhouxi have been damaged.
In central China's Hunan Province, rainstorms left two people dead and another two missing as of yesterday afternoon, according to the provincial flood control headquarters.
China's meteorological authority yesterday forecast heavy rain in the nation's southern regions over the next three days as well as thundershowers for northern areas.
Most regions south of the Yangtze River, including Guizhou Province, will see heavy rain until Tuesday, according to a statement posted on the National Meteorological Center's website.
Some of these areas will experience thunderstorms, gales and rainstorms, with precipitation reaching up to 150 millimeters, the center warned.
The center also forecast thundershowers in northeastern and northern China during the three-day period.
Heavy hail and rainstorms hit Beijing over the weekend, and the city's weather-forecasting department issued warnings for more hail and wind.
Rainstorms that began in the middle of last month have lingered around Hunan, Jiangxi and Fujian provinces, with houses damaged and many towns and cities flooded. Governments of the provinces issued mudslide alerts over the weekend to residents after the continuing rainfall.
In Jiangxi Province, heavy rains caused train delays and forced railway operators to limit train speeds or even close some routes. Speed has been limited in 80 kilometers per hour on the Jiangxi section of the Shanghai-Kunming Railway. Many trains from the province to Shanghai and Hangzhou were delayed for two hours.
"China's flood-control situation is quite severe this year," said Zhang Zhitong, deputy director of the Office of the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters.
Much of the torrential rain dropped near the country's major rivers, including the Yellow, Yangtze, Huaihe and Pearl, which will probably result in heavy flooding, Zhang said.
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