Search for 5 children missing after flood
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April 22, 2012, Sunday
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RESCUERS in south China's Guangdong Province are searching for five children missing after a flood, local authorities announced yesterday.
The primary school students, four from Huazhou City and one from Xinyi City, were washed away by flood waters on their way to school on Friday, said He Guoqing, an official of the provincial government.
Torrential rain had swept across the province for three days, leaving a trail of destruction.
According to the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters, 235,100 people in 23 counties have been affected, with 13,300 relocated.
About 23,120 hectares of crops were damaged and 379 houses destroyed by the extreme weather.
Chinese meteorological authorities removed a blue rainstorm alert yesterday morning as heavy rainfall eased after sweeping most parts of central and east China on Friday.
On Friday, thunderstorms swept across the southern regions, especially Guangdong Province and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
The National Meteorological Center (NMC) had forecast less severe weather for yesterday.
But the NMC warned that there would be more heavy rain between Tuesday and Wednesday, with thunderstorms, high winds or even hail in some regions.
The NMC also forecast that the northwest regions would be influenced by a strong cold current and witness a temperature drop of 4 to 8 degrees Celsius between Saturday and Tuesday. In some parts, there would be high winds and sandstorms, it said.
Hailstorms killed 29 people across China between March to April 20, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Hailstorms had struck 270 county-level areas across 24 provincial regions since March, the ministry said.
The primary school students, four from Huazhou City and one from Xinyi City, were washed away by flood waters on their way to school on Friday, said He Guoqing, an official of the provincial government.
Torrential rain had swept across the province for three days, leaving a trail of destruction.
According to the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters, 235,100 people in 23 counties have been affected, with 13,300 relocated.
About 23,120 hectares of crops were damaged and 379 houses destroyed by the extreme weather.
Chinese meteorological authorities removed a blue rainstorm alert yesterday morning as heavy rainfall eased after sweeping most parts of central and east China on Friday.
On Friday, thunderstorms swept across the southern regions, especially Guangdong Province and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
The National Meteorological Center (NMC) had forecast less severe weather for yesterday.
But the NMC warned that there would be more heavy rain between Tuesday and Wednesday, with thunderstorms, high winds or even hail in some regions.
The NMC also forecast that the northwest regions would be influenced by a strong cold current and witness a temperature drop of 4 to 8 degrees Celsius between Saturday and Tuesday. In some parts, there would be high winds and sandstorms, it said.
Hailstorms killed 29 people across China between March to April 20, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Hailstorms had struck 270 county-level areas across 24 provincial regions since March, the ministry said.
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