At least 42 die after downpour, landslides rock nation's south
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June 17, 2010, Thursday
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RAINSTORMS that began pelting south China on Sunday have left at least 42 people dead and 36 missing, the country's disaster relief authority said yesterday.
At least 1.43 million people were affected by rain that inundated the southwestern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Sichuan Province, Guangdong Province in the south, and Jiangxi and Fujian provinces in the east, the Office of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters said.
Water Resources Minister Chen Lei said south China had experienced 14 heavy rainstorms since Sunday, which caused serious floods and landslides.
The SFDH has sent six work teams to these regions to help in disaster relief.
The situation remained serious as rainstorms would continue to batter most regions in south China for the next three days, the National Meteorological Center said.
Yesterday the center issued a rainstorm alert for southern parts of China already dealing with floods and landslides.
A statement on the center's Website urged officials in provinces, including Fujian, Zhejiang and Guangdong, to prepare for "possible floods and geological disasters." Rainstorms will hit most of south China today, it said.
The torrential downpours triggered floods which have left at least 35 people dead and 36 missing in hardest-hit Fujian, Sichuan and Guangxi, where more than 109,000 residents have been evacuated.
In Guangxi's Cangwu County, landslides crushed houses on Tuesday, leaving five dead and 10 missing.
In Fujian, landslides and floods engulfed two vehicles in Nanping, leaving at least six dead and 18 missing.
A preliminary investigation showed Tuesday's mountain collapse in Sichuan Province, which killed 23 people and injured seven others, was caused by rainstorms.
The floods have damaged more than 7,000 houses and caused economic losses of 830 million yuan (US$121.5 million) in the three regions.
A helicopter sent yesterday by the Ministry of Communications saved 14 people trapped by floods in Guangxi in a high area.
At least 1.43 million people were affected by rain that inundated the southwestern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Sichuan Province, Guangdong Province in the south, and Jiangxi and Fujian provinces in the east, the Office of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters said.
Water Resources Minister Chen Lei said south China had experienced 14 heavy rainstorms since Sunday, which caused serious floods and landslides.
The SFDH has sent six work teams to these regions to help in disaster relief.
The situation remained serious as rainstorms would continue to batter most regions in south China for the next three days, the National Meteorological Center said.
Yesterday the center issued a rainstorm alert for southern parts of China already dealing with floods and landslides.
A statement on the center's Website urged officials in provinces, including Fujian, Zhejiang and Guangdong, to prepare for "possible floods and geological disasters." Rainstorms will hit most of south China today, it said.
The torrential downpours triggered floods which have left at least 35 people dead and 36 missing in hardest-hit Fujian, Sichuan and Guangxi, where more than 109,000 residents have been evacuated.
In Guangxi's Cangwu County, landslides crushed houses on Tuesday, leaving five dead and 10 missing.
In Fujian, landslides and floods engulfed two vehicles in Nanping, leaving at least six dead and 18 missing.
A preliminary investigation showed Tuesday's mountain collapse in Sichuan Province, which killed 23 people and injured seven others, was caused by rainstorms.
The floods have damaged more than 7,000 houses and caused economic losses of 830 million yuan (US$121.5 million) in the three regions.
A helicopter sent yesterday by the Ministry of Communications saved 14 people trapped by floods in Guangxi in a high area.
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