50 dead, 42 missing as downpours pummel nation
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June 30, 2012, Saturday
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FLOODS triggered by strong rainfall that has been battering many parts of China since June 20 have left 50 people dead and 42 missing, officials said.
More than 10.4 million people have been affected by downpours in 399 counties in Inner Mongolia, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan and Guizhou, with 1.247 million in urgent need of aid, as of yesterday morning, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Torrential rain also toppled 34,000 houses, damaged another 89,000 and destroyed 738,000 hectares of crops in these regions, resulting in direct economic losses of 10.3 billion yuan (US$1.62 billion).
The ministry said some of the affected provinces have been battered by numerous rounds of heavy rain since April while other usually water-starved regions, including the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, have suffered record levels of rain that ruined many of their crops.
The ministry said more than half of the affected counties and cities are in the country's impoverished regions and ethnic areas where local residents with already limited means of self-support largely rely on government aid.
Local governments in disaster-hit regions have poured more than 90 million yuan into aid, including 20 million yuan allocated to Inner Mongolia - one of the hardest-hit areas - the ministry said.
Persistent rain continues in south China. In the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the death toll from week-long rainstorms has risen to 11, the regional civil affairs department said.
Another round of storms is expected to arrive in Guangxi today and tomorrow as a result of the upcoming tropical depression Duksuri, which is due to land in Guangdong early today.
In neighboring Guizhou Province, three people were killed and another injured in a landslide yesterday.
And at least three people have been confirmed dead with 38 others still missing after a mudslide at a construction zone on Thursday morning in the southwestern province of Sichuan.
More than 10.4 million people have been affected by downpours in 399 counties in Inner Mongolia, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan and Guizhou, with 1.247 million in urgent need of aid, as of yesterday morning, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Torrential rain also toppled 34,000 houses, damaged another 89,000 and destroyed 738,000 hectares of crops in these regions, resulting in direct economic losses of 10.3 billion yuan (US$1.62 billion).
The ministry said some of the affected provinces have been battered by numerous rounds of heavy rain since April while other usually water-starved regions, including the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, have suffered record levels of rain that ruined many of their crops.
The ministry said more than half of the affected counties and cities are in the country's impoverished regions and ethnic areas where local residents with already limited means of self-support largely rely on government aid.
Local governments in disaster-hit regions have poured more than 90 million yuan into aid, including 20 million yuan allocated to Inner Mongolia - one of the hardest-hit areas - the ministry said.
Persistent rain continues in south China. In the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the death toll from week-long rainstorms has risen to 11, the regional civil affairs department said.
Another round of storms is expected to arrive in Guangxi today and tomorrow as a result of the upcoming tropical depression Duksuri, which is due to land in Guangdong early today.
In neighboring Guizhou Province, three people were killed and another injured in a landslide yesterday.
And at least three people have been confirmed dead with 38 others still missing after a mudslide at a construction zone on Thursday morning in the southwestern province of Sichuan.
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