Torrential rain claims 88 lives
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June 20, 2010, Sunday
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HEAVY rains battering eastern and southern China for the past week have caused the deaths of 88 people, government officials said yesterday.
Landslides triggered by the rain claimed at least 46 of the victims.
The death toll in the southeastern province of Fujian rose to 36 yesterday afternoon after five more bodies were found in Ninghua County, Sanming City. Twelve people died in a landslide in Shaxian County in Sanming City on Friday, a government spokesman said.
Landslides have also left three missing in Fujian.
In neighboring Zhejiang Province, nine people died on Friday in two landslides.
In south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, a lumberjack was killed and six others are missing after a landslide hit a work shed in a village in Rongshui County early on Friday.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs said that by 10am yesterday, the heavy rains that began pounding southern China last Sunday had forced the evacuation of 757,000 people in Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Sichuan and Guizhou provinces as well as in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Direct economic looses caused by the heavy rains have topped 10 billion yuan (US$1.46 billion).
The torrential rain has also triggered flash floods, caused rivers to swell, inundated crops, and disrupted traffic and telecommunications.
Landslides triggered by the rain claimed at least 46 of the victims.
The death toll in the southeastern province of Fujian rose to 36 yesterday afternoon after five more bodies were found in Ninghua County, Sanming City. Twelve people died in a landslide in Shaxian County in Sanming City on Friday, a government spokesman said.
Landslides have also left three missing in Fujian.
In neighboring Zhejiang Province, nine people died on Friday in two landslides.
In south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, a lumberjack was killed and six others are missing after a landslide hit a work shed in a village in Rongshui County early on Friday.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs said that by 10am yesterday, the heavy rains that began pounding southern China last Sunday had forced the evacuation of 757,000 people in Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Sichuan and Guizhou provinces as well as in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Direct economic looses caused by the heavy rains have topped 10 billion yuan (US$1.46 billion).
The torrential rain has also triggered flash floods, caused rivers to swell, inundated crops, and disrupted traffic and telecommunications.
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