Misery for millions as storms sweep across southern China
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June 13, 2012, Wednesday
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TORRENTIAL rain has swept across large parts of south China over the past few days, disrupting the lives of millions of residents.
The provinces of Hunan, Guizhou, Jiangxi and Sichuan, as well as Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, reported several days of downpours, triggering floods or landslides in some areas.
Rainstorms affected nearly 740,000 people in Jiangxi and forced 17,500 residents to relocate.
Xie Chunji, a 64-year-old farmer from the village of Dalong in the city of Ji'an, pulled his wife and three grandsons out of their house before it collapsed on Monday morning.
Xie said he sensed danger and woke his family at 5am, as their adobe house, located halfway up a hill, was threatened by landslides.
"The house collapsed right after we ran out," he said, adding that two of his grandsons didn't even have time to put on shoes. Xie and his family were relocated by the village committee.
In Hunan Province, which borders Jiangxi, nine people have died and another three have gone missing since Saturday, according to the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters.
About 54,000 people in Hunan were evacuated, with another 1.1 million people in nearly 300 townships affected. Up to 89,900 hectares of farmland were damaged by the rain and nearly 3,000 houses collapsed.
The main tributaries of the Yangtze, China's largest river, and the 10 major reservoirs in the province have seen water levels rise above warning levels.
Continuous rainstorms triggered a landslide in southwest China's Sichuan Province early yesterday, burying 10 workers at a quarry in the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture.
Four of the workers were rescued, while another four remain missing. The bodies of two dead workers have been recovered.
Rainstorms also contributed to five deaths in Guizhou, with more than 220,000 people affected.
In Guangxi, rain-triggered floods affected 300,000 people and forced 12,400 of them to relocate.
Rainstorms have hit eight cities in Guangxi since last Friday. Direct economic losses reached 92 million yuan (US$14.4 million) after floods damaged 100,000 hectares of crops and more than 1,600 houses.
Train services were also affected.
Two passenger trains due to travel from the southwestern city of Kunming to the eastern city of Jinan yesterday and the central city of Wuhan today have been canceled. Several other trains traveling through the saturated central part of the country have been delayed.
The provinces of Hunan, Guizhou, Jiangxi and Sichuan, as well as Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, reported several days of downpours, triggering floods or landslides in some areas.
Rainstorms affected nearly 740,000 people in Jiangxi and forced 17,500 residents to relocate.
Xie Chunji, a 64-year-old farmer from the village of Dalong in the city of Ji'an, pulled his wife and three grandsons out of their house before it collapsed on Monday morning.
Xie said he sensed danger and woke his family at 5am, as their adobe house, located halfway up a hill, was threatened by landslides.
"The house collapsed right after we ran out," he said, adding that two of his grandsons didn't even have time to put on shoes. Xie and his family were relocated by the village committee.
In Hunan Province, which borders Jiangxi, nine people have died and another three have gone missing since Saturday, according to the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters.
About 54,000 people in Hunan were evacuated, with another 1.1 million people in nearly 300 townships affected. Up to 89,900 hectares of farmland were damaged by the rain and nearly 3,000 houses collapsed.
The main tributaries of the Yangtze, China's largest river, and the 10 major reservoirs in the province have seen water levels rise above warning levels.
Continuous rainstorms triggered a landslide in southwest China's Sichuan Province early yesterday, burying 10 workers at a quarry in the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture.
Four of the workers were rescued, while another four remain missing. The bodies of two dead workers have been recovered.
Rainstorms also contributed to five deaths in Guizhou, with more than 220,000 people affected.
In Guangxi, rain-triggered floods affected 300,000 people and forced 12,400 of them to relocate.
Rainstorms have hit eight cities in Guangxi since last Friday. Direct economic losses reached 92 million yuan (US$14.4 million) after floods damaged 100,000 hectares of crops and more than 1,600 houses.
Train services were also affected.
Two passenger trains due to travel from the southwestern city of Kunming to the eastern city of Jinan yesterday and the central city of Wuhan today have been canceled. Several other trains traveling through the saturated central part of the country have been delayed.
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