Re: China floods: Death toll rises to 377 - 368,000 homes destroyed
Search at Southwest China's Landslide Site Wrapped up
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Rescuers Sunday gave up searching for more survivors one week after a rain-triggered landslide buried 99 people in a southwest China village, citing mounting epidemic prevention pressure and slim survival chances in a lingering hot weather.
Only 42 bodies have been recovered but rescuers said it was unlikely to find any more survivors.
On Sunday, police cordoned off the landslide-hit Dazhai Village, Gangwu Township of Guanling County, Guizhou Province and spray disinfection powders to prevent epidemic outbreaks.
Excavators that had been combing the ruins for six days left the site as trucks carrying bleaching powders, disinfection materials, and vaccines arrived.
Rescuers said it is almost impossible to find survivors seven days after the disaster and a lingering heat adds pressure to epidemic prevention.
The landslide occurred at 2:30 p.m. on June 28 in Dazhai Village after days of heavy rain. Ninty-nine people were buried.
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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=500 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=txt16b align=middle height=30>Water levels in C China's Hunan still up </TD></TR><TR><TD height=3></TD></TR><TR><TD background=../../imgs/xx06.gif height=1></TD></TR><TR><TD class=txt11 vAlign=top align=middle height=30><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=284 align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=txt11 align=right width=108 height=15>GOV.cn</TD><TD class=txt11 align=right width=11 height=15></TD><TD class=txt11 width=165 height=20>Friday, June 25, 2010 </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=zw></TD></TR><TR><TD class=zw><TABLE style="WIDTH: 540px; HEIGHT: 427px" align=center><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=center align=middle></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center align=middle>Employees of local power administration check the power lines in the flood in Xiangtan County, central
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Re: China floods: Death toll rises to 377 - 368,000 homes destroyed
Death toll rises to 377 in China's flooding this year
20:13, June 25,
Floods in China have killed 377 people this year, as of Friday, and left 142 others missing, the Office of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters said Friday in a statement on its website.
Further, flooding in 2010 has affected 64.57 million people in China's 22 provinces, municipalities and regions, as well as inundating about 4 million hectares of crops, the statement said.
A total of 4.35 million people have been evacuated due to the flood waters, which destroyed 368,000 homes and caused economic losses reaching 75.6 billion yuan (11.13 billion U.S. dollars), according to the statement.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited flood-hit Fuzhou City in the eastern province of Jiangxi Thursday to inspect the fight against flooding and review disaster relief efforts. Wen also asked local officials to send more relief funds and materials to ensure that basic living needs of flood victims are met.
Source: Xinhua
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Re: China floods toll rises to 199, more rain forecast
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By Marianne Barriaux
Beijing - Chinese authorities rushed on Tuesday to evacuate 12 000 people threatened by a dyke breach as the death toll from widespread flooding across the nation's south rose to nearly 200.
Chinese President Hu Jintao called for all-out rescue efforts in response to the dyke breach in Jiangxi province, as torrential rains that have battered a broad swathe of southern China for 10
days continued.
The civil affairs ministry said the persistent downpours since June 13 and resulting floods and landslides had left 199 people dead and another 123 missing.
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Authorities have already evacuated 68 000 people from areas around the Changkai dyke in Jiangxi province that collapsed after a swollen river burst its banks, the provincial flood control headquarters said.
But water in a reservoir upstream from the dyke had now exceeded danger levels, further threatening the thousands who had still not moved out of harm's way down below in Fuzhou city, according to the official Xinhua news agency.
Both Hu and Premier Wen Jiabao ordered intense rescue efforts to battle the flooding and rescue victims of the dyke breach, according to the headquarters, as state television broadcast footage of towns and large swathes of land in the area submerged in brown, muddy water.
The floods, which have hit 10 provinces or regions, have also triggered the evacuation of 2.4-million residents and caused nearly 42 billion yuan (about R46.2-billion) in estimated economic losses.
The National Meteorological Centre warned Tuesday that parts of southeastern and southwestern China would see persistent heavy rains over the next 24 hours.
In Jiangxi, more than 10 000 soldiers and civilians had been mobilised for rescue and relief work after the dyke collapse, and authorities called for desperately needed tents and food for the displaced, Xinhua said.
But transport of relief material was hampered by the widespread flooding of roads in the area, it added.
State television broadcast images of rescuers in Fuzhou rowing boats through its submerged streets to fetch people stranded in buildings.
Relief workers were also seen throwing ropes to stranded flood victims clinging desperately to submerged trees amid raging torrents and pulling them to safety.
Authorities in Fuzhou have set up 17 makeshift shelters for flood victims at stadiums and local schools, Xinhua said, adding that no casualties had been reported so far.
Alternating floods and droughts have been plagued China's people for millenia.
Large flood-hit areas of southern and southwestern China, particularly Guizhou, Guangxi and Chongqing, had only just recently emerged from a crippling drought that was the worst in a century in some regions. - Sapa-AFP
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River dike bursts as China flood toll hits 200 (Roundup)
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Beijing - Floodwater burst a dike on a major river and forced the evacuation of 70,000 people by Tuesday, as the death toll from severe floods in southern China rose to nearly 200.
President Hu Jintao on Tuesday ordered an extra 800 soldiers to join some 10,000 military and civilian rescue workers evacuating people around the Fuhe river in Jiangxi province, the official Xinhua news agency said.
About 68,000 of the 100,000 people living near the river in Jiangxi's Fuzhou city had been evacuated by Tuesday morning, the agency quoted local disaster relief officials as saying.
Floodwater breached the dike on Monday evening and had opened a 400-metre gap by Tuesday morning, Xinhua said.
Hu and Premier Wen Jiabao called for 'all-out efforts to combat floods and save the lives' of local residents in Fuzhou, it said.
No casualties had been reported in the city by Tuesday afternoon.
Rescue officials set up 15 relocation areas to accommodate about 30,000 people, while the city government was using local sports stadiums, schools and other buildings to house some of the evacuees.
The emergency teams had rescued at least 1,200 people and were using 50 speedboats and 150 life-rafts.
But flooding on the main road from Fuzhou to the provincial capital, Nanchang, was hampering rescue work, reports said.
The government said the death toll from severe flooding in Jiangxi and nine other areas of southern China since June 13 had risen to at least 199, with 123 people missing and 2.4 million forced to abandon their homes.
Torrential rain had caused floods and landslides that affected more than 29 million people in the 10 southern regions, the national disaster relief office and Ministry of Civil Affairs said.
Other reports said the floods in parts of Fujian province, which borders Jiangxi, were the worst in 100 years.
The floods nationwide destroyed some 195,000 houses, damaged 568,000 others and caused estimated direct economic losses of 42.1 billion yuan (6.17 billion dollars), the ministry said.
More than 1.6 million hectares of crops were under water with about 12.5 per cent of the crops ruined, it said.
The disaster relief office said all 26 major rivers in Jiangxi were above the warning level.
In neighbouring Fujian province, floods caused landslides and mud flows that left at least 76 dead and 79 missing.
About 500,000 people were evacuated in Fujian, where 44,000 homes were destroyed as some areas experienced their worst floods for 100 years.
More heavy rain is forecast for most of southern China from Wednesday to Saturday.
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Re: China floods toll rises to 199, more rain forecast
Jun 21, 2010
Chinese children play on a flooded road beside the Liujiang River, in Liuzhou, China, Sunday, June 20, 2010. At least 132 people died and 86 were missing in south China after heavy rain triggered flooding and landslides. (AP Photo)
More heavy rain will hit southern China this week following severe flooding triggered be much as 2 feet of rain last week.
A stream of water-laden air tied to the summer Monsoon will cross the southern China on its way from India to southern Japan. This stream will trigger widespread heavy rain in a broad swath from Yunnan east to Fujian and Zhejiang including hard-hit Guangdong and Guangxi.
Through Sunday, additional rainfall to at least 10 inches will raise potential for further flooding while also prolonging ongoing inundation.
During last Wednesday through Sunday, rainfall was more than 22 inches at Zhenghe in northernmost Fujian. Of this, 13 inches fell within one 24-hour time span.
Elsewhere, the same stream of water-laden clouds will shed heavy rain over the southwestern half of Japan.
At the same time, persistent high pressure will hang over northern and northeastern China to eastern Mongolia. As a result, spotty, mostly light rainfall will persist over a wide area of central, northern and northeastern China, some of which is in need of rainfall for summer crops.
Chinese authorities reported at least 175 people dead and more than 100 others missing as a result of flooding and landslides within a week on Sunday. The provinces of Guangdong, Fujian, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guizhou, Guangxi and Sichuan were the worst hit, with more than two million people forced to evacuate.
Authorities reported more than 200 deaths associated with flooding in southern China since the beginning of the year.
Story by Jim Andrews, AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist.
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China floods: Death toll rises to 377 - 368,000 homes destroyed
China floods toll rises to 199, more rain forecast
22 June 2010
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BEIJING, 22 JUNE: Torrential rains battering south and central China have left 199 people dead and forced the evacuation of 1.7 million, as washed out roads and railways hampered rescue work yesterday. Premier Mr Wen Jiabao called for greater efforts to battle flooding that has also left 107 people missing since 13 June, as more rains are forecast in the next few days, the government said.
"In the coming days another round of heavy rain will hit areas in the south. We are facing a bigger test, so we need to make better preparations to avoid disaster," Mr Wen said on state television. "We are in a crucial period. We must be fully prepared and step up organisation of disaster response work," he said on a visit to the water-logged region of Guangxi.
The torrential rains and flooding have affected over 25 million people and caused 29.6 billion yuan ($4.3 billion) in estimated economic losses, the civil affairs ministry said.
The ministry's latest death toll was up from the 147 dead and 93 missing reported on Sunday. The water levels of at least 35 rivers, mostly in Fujian, Jiangxi and Hunan provinces, have exceeded warning marks and are threatening surrounding cities and farmlands, it said. Landslides were wreaking havoc in mountainous areas throughout the region. Soldiers and armed police have been sent to the hardest hit areas to help the rescue effort.
With roads and bridges washed out, the government dispatched hundreds of rescue boats to inundated areas in an effort to evacuate thousands stranded by the flooding.
Eleven major state highways, most leading into Fujian province on the nation's southeastern coast, have been blocked by flooding or landslides, China National Radio reported. Besides clearing roads, workers are also scrambling to restore electrical power to many of the hardest hit areas that were left without electricity over the weekend.
A total of 393,000 homes have been damaged, 144,000 houses have collapsed and nearly 1.36 million hectares (3.3 million acres) of crops have been affected, the government said. Torrential rains continued to fall on the hard-hit regions of Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Guangxi yesterday, with downpours expected to continue over the next 10 days, the National Meteorological Centre said.
The weather bureau has said that some of the rainfall in the south was up to three times greater than normal years. The unrelenting rainfall has also disrupted dozens of train services to the affected regions, including some services from Beijing and Shanghai, leaving thousands of passengers stranded, media reports said
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