Rescue efforts continues as floods death toll rises to 105
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More people have been evacuated and personnel mobilized to combat rare floods which swept across northeast and south China after over 200 people were reported dead or missing.
Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province has been on high alert as swelling rivers forced more evacuations.
Authorities in Tongjiang City, which is along the swollen Heilong River, have launched a Grade I response preparing for floods. More than 30,000 residents have been displaced and 20,000 people have joined the flood control efforts.
The Heilongjiang Provincial Hydrological Bureau forecast that the stretch between Tongjiang and Fuyuan County will see the largest flooding in its history. Rain is predicted in the next few days in Tongjiang. Water may exceed the warning level by 2.1 meters when a flood peak comes at the end of this month to the Fuyuan section in the downstream of Heilong, the provincial flood control headquarters predicted.
With a population of more than 100,000, Fuyuan is located in the intersection area between the Heilong and Wusuli rivers. Yesterday, the water level of the Fuyuan section of the Wusuli rose to 100.32 meters, two centimeters above the warning level.
The water level of Heilong’s Fuyuan section surpassed warning levels by 116cm on Saturday. Many residents, who witnessed large flooding in 1984 and 1998, said they had never seen such big floods.
“The whole township was urgently evacuated and I did not take anything with me from my house,” said Fu Baodong, a resident of Wusu Township in Fuyuan.
A total of 105 people have been killed and another 115 missing in floods ravaging the northeast and a typhoon that lashed the south, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said yesterday.
In south China’s Guangdong Province, 18 people have died and five others were missing after downpours began to hit the region since Friday.
About 500,000 people in Guangdong had been evacuated and more than 4.17 million people were affected in 583 towns by Monday afternoon, according to the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters.
In neighboring Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 12 people were killed by typhoon-triggered floods as Monday.
More than 110,000 people have been evacuated and over 1.15 million people were affected by the floods in 47 counties and districts.
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