Related News
Three killed as Sichuan suffers torrential rain
Source: Xinhua |
May 16, 2009, Saturday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
THREE people died, two people were seriously injured, and nearly 3,000 others were evacuated in southwest China's Sichuan Province during rainstorms earlier this week, the local government department said yesterday.
The emergency response office with Dazhou City Government said the rain poured down in parts of the city from Sunday to Thursday, with more than 280,000 people being affected.
The civil affairs bureau of Daxian City said two of the dead were an elderly couple - Li Zongjie, 70, and his wife Liu Zhaoxiu, 72 - from Dazhou Village in Xuanhan County. The couple were killed when their house collapsed.
The other fatality was Zhu Guangxing, a 56-year-old man from Baotaba Village in Kaijiang County. Zhu was struck by lightning when he was inspecting his rice field.
Feng Yongcai, a 38-year-old man, and Liu Yongxiu, a 70-year-old woman, both of whom were from Jinzhu Village in Xuanhan County, were seriously injured when their houses collapsed in a landslide caused by heavy rain.
They are in stable condition, said the civil affairs bureau of Daxian City.
Many low-lying areas of the city were swamped, including parts of the downtown districts of Dazhou City.
The rain toppled 543 houses across the city, forcing 2,828 people to evacuate and affecting 20,600 hectares of crops.
The emergency response office with Dazhou City Government said the rain poured down in parts of the city from Sunday to Thursday, with more than 280,000 people being affected.
The civil affairs bureau of Daxian City said two of the dead were an elderly couple - Li Zongjie, 70, and his wife Liu Zhaoxiu, 72 - from Dazhou Village in Xuanhan County. The couple were killed when their house collapsed.
The other fatality was Zhu Guangxing, a 56-year-old man from Baotaba Village in Kaijiang County. Zhu was struck by lightning when he was inspecting his rice field.
Feng Yongcai, a 38-year-old man, and Liu Yongxiu, a 70-year-old woman, both of whom were from Jinzhu Village in Xuanhan County, were seriously injured when their houses collapsed in a landslide caused by heavy rain.
They are in stable condition, said the civil affairs bureau of Daxian City.
Many low-lying areas of the city were swamped, including parts of the downtown districts of Dazhou City.
The rain toppled 543 houses across the city, forcing 2,828 people to evacuate and affecting 20,600 hectares of crops.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
