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Fuhe River breaches bank again in rain-soaked Jiangxi
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June 23, 2010, Wednesday
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The Fuhe River breached its bank again at 6:30 am today in east China's Jiangxi Province, the provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters said today.
Residents had been evacuated the previous night, according to the headquarters.
The width of the breach near Changhu Village, Luozhen Township of Fuzhou City, which also belongs to the Changkai section of the river, was still not known, said the municipal flood control officials.
The dike at the Lingshan Hejia part of the river's Changkai section previously burst at 6:30 pm Monday and threatened the safety of about 100,000 residents. All have now been evacuated.
No casualties have been reported so far.
The heavy rains and floods have ravaged 10 southern Chinese regions, leaving 199 dead and 123 missing as of 11 a.m. Tuesday, a Ministry of Civil Affairs statement said.
More than 29 million people in the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities -- Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan and Guizhou -- have been affected by the weather, with 2.376 million evacuated, the statement said yesterday.
Many regions in the provinces of Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong, as well as in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, would be hit by rainstorms and torrential rains from Wednesday to Saturday, the National Meteorological Center forecast yesterday.
Residents had been evacuated the previous night, according to the headquarters.
The width of the breach near Changhu Village, Luozhen Township of Fuzhou City, which also belongs to the Changkai section of the river, was still not known, said the municipal flood control officials.
The dike at the Lingshan Hejia part of the river's Changkai section previously burst at 6:30 pm Monday and threatened the safety of about 100,000 residents. All have now been evacuated.
No casualties have been reported so far.
The heavy rains and floods have ravaged 10 southern Chinese regions, leaving 199 dead and 123 missing as of 11 a.m. Tuesday, a Ministry of Civil Affairs statement said.
More than 29 million people in the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities -- Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan and Guizhou -- have been affected by the weather, with 2.376 million evacuated, the statement said yesterday.
Many regions in the provinces of Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong, as well as in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, would be hit by rainstorms and torrential rains from Wednesday to Saturday, the National Meteorological Center forecast yesterday.
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