Swollen river adds to Jiangxi flooding woes
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June 24, 2010, Thursday
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EAST China's Fuhe River breached its banks again early yesterday, further inundating flooded areas of Jiangxi Province, according to the provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters.
Residents had been evacuated the previous night, and no casualties had been reported, said a headquarters statement.
The width of the breach near Changhu Village in Fuzhou City, on the Changkai section of the river, was unknown, municipal flood control officials said.
The dike at the Lingshan Hejia part of the river's Changkai section first broke at 6:30pm on Monday, threatening the safety of about 100,000 residents, who have all been evacuated.
The heavy rains and floods have ravaged 10 southern Chinese regions, leaving 211 dead and 119 missing as of 4pm yesterday, a Ministry of Civil Affairs statement said.
About 30 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 2.4 million people evacuated, yesterday's statement said.
The floods have caused direct economic losses of around 43.3 billion yuan (US$6.4 billion), as rivers broke their banks, landslides severed road and rail links and houses collapsed, it said.
Shi Jinxiang, a villager from Jiangxi's Luozhen Township, was trapped on the roof of her house with her child and parents for a day and a half. They were rescued early yesterday.
"Water inundated my house and so we climbed on to the roof. I am so grateful to the rescuers. We were starving for more than 10 hours," she said.
More than 15,000 soldiers and civilians have been mobilized by the provincial government for the rescue and relief work, the headquarters said.
Armed Police officer Yang Pinwang, dispatched to the affected area on Monday, had slept less than six hours since he arrived.
Ge Xiaowei, an armed force officer from south China's Guangdong Province, gave his life vest to 69-year-old Liu Yundi. Ge, 21, later drowned when his boat capsized on June 16.
His body was found on the riverside grassland the next day after the water receded, said Liu Xingkai, a rescuer.
Ge died while rescuing 21 villagers trapped at Yangpu Village, Heyuan City with five other soldiers.
About a dozen monks from nearby Zhengjue Temple drove two vehicles loaded with food and water to the township to give out to those affected by the floods.
"Hearing the dike breach, we felt we should do something. So we raised 20,000 yuan to buy bottled water and biscuits. We also made steamed bread and stuffed buns at the temple and distributed them along the road," said Jing Yong, a senior monk.
Evacuees are mainly living in tents or school dormitories, vacant with students on summer vacation.
People were also encouraged to stay with their relatives or friends living in safe areas, said Zhou Xiaoping, deputy chief of Fuzhou City.
"We will make sure that every relocated person in Jiangxi will have two more sets of clothes and every hundred will have a water dispenser," said Zhou.
Residents had been evacuated the previous night, and no casualties had been reported, said a headquarters statement.
The width of the breach near Changhu Village in Fuzhou City, on the Changkai section of the river, was unknown, municipal flood control officials said.
The dike at the Lingshan Hejia part of the river's Changkai section first broke at 6:30pm on Monday, threatening the safety of about 100,000 residents, who have all been evacuated.
The heavy rains and floods have ravaged 10 southern Chinese regions, leaving 211 dead and 119 missing as of 4pm yesterday, a Ministry of Civil Affairs statement said.
About 30 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 2.4 million people evacuated, yesterday's statement said.
The floods have caused direct economic losses of around 43.3 billion yuan (US$6.4 billion), as rivers broke their banks, landslides severed road and rail links and houses collapsed, it said.
Shi Jinxiang, a villager from Jiangxi's Luozhen Township, was trapped on the roof of her house with her child and parents for a day and a half. They were rescued early yesterday.
"Water inundated my house and so we climbed on to the roof. I am so grateful to the rescuers. We were starving for more than 10 hours," she said.
More than 15,000 soldiers and civilians have been mobilized by the provincial government for the rescue and relief work, the headquarters said.
Armed Police officer Yang Pinwang, dispatched to the affected area on Monday, had slept less than six hours since he arrived.
Ge Xiaowei, an armed force officer from south China's Guangdong Province, gave his life vest to 69-year-old Liu Yundi. Ge, 21, later drowned when his boat capsized on June 16.
His body was found on the riverside grassland the next day after the water receded, said Liu Xingkai, a rescuer.
Ge died while rescuing 21 villagers trapped at Yangpu Village, Heyuan City with five other soldiers.
About a dozen monks from nearby Zhengjue Temple drove two vehicles loaded with food and water to the township to give out to those affected by the floods.
"Hearing the dike breach, we felt we should do something. So we raised 20,000 yuan to buy bottled water and biscuits. We also made steamed bread and stuffed buns at the temple and distributed them along the road," said Jing Yong, a senior monk.
Evacuees are mainly living in tents or school dormitories, vacant with students on summer vacation.
People were also encouraged to stay with their relatives or friends living in safe areas, said Zhou Xiaoping, deputy chief of Fuzhou City.
"We will make sure that every relocated person in Jiangxi will have two more sets of clothes and every hundred will have a water dispenser," said Zhou.
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