English.news.cn 2010-07-12 10:05:46
Cars run on a waterlogged road in Jiangbei District of Chongqing municipality, southwestern China, July 9, 2010. The heaviest thunder storm since the flood season began hit main urban zone of Chongqing on Thursday morning. The municipal flood control authority started a warning system for seriously heavy rain. (Xinhua/Chen Cheng)
Dike breaches force evacuation of 4,200 people in east ChinaRainstorms have disrupted the lives of more than 2 million people in 29 counties across Anhui Province since July 8. (Photo: china.org.cn)
HEFEI, July 11 (Xinhua) -- More than 4,200 people have been removed after flood-hit dykes of a river in Anhui Province suffered breaches, the local government said Sunday.
Bainian river that flows across Anqing and Tongcheng cities reported five minor dyke breaches between 10 a.m.to 11:30 a.m. Sunday, forcing the evacuation. Full story
South China braces for more floods
BEIJING, July 12 (Xinhuanet) --More downpour and floods in South China are expected by Wednesday after regional flooding and landslides triggered by torrential rains killed at least 50 people since the start of July.
Heavy downpours in the past few days have destroyed roads and bridges and halted at least 16 provincial highways in Chongqing, Fujian, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Hunan and Qinghai provinces. All trains to and from Chongqing were suspended on Saturday, the Ministry of Transport said. Full story
Heavy rainfall in China's Guizhou destructive
People walk on the road destroyed in heavy rainfall in Daozhen County of Zunyi City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 11, 2010. About 153,900 residents in the county have suffered a lot from the heavy rainfall which lasted for three days from July 8. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)
Rainstorms to plague flood-hit areas in next 3 days
BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- China's Central Meteorological Station warned Sunday that rainstorms would again batter areas inundated by floods in central and east China in the coming days.
From Monday until Wednesday, the observatory forecast some regions in provinces including Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei and Anhui will see heavy rain storms. Full story
Rainstorms to lash flooded China provinces
Photo taken on July 10, 2010 shows the flood in Fenshui Town, Wanzhou District of Chongqing, southwest China. The rainstorm hit here again one day after it triggered landslides and flood on Friday. (Xinhua/Zhou Hengyi)
BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- China's Central Meteorological Station warned Sunday that rainstorms would again batter many provinces and regions in the coming days bringing with it bigger risks of new flooding and other geological disasters in central and eastern China.
From Monday until Wednesday, the observatory forecast some regions in provinces including Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei, and Anhui will see heavy rain. Full story
Chinese Vice Premier urges increased efforts to fight floods
Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu (facing camera) presides over an emergency meeting of the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters in Beijing July 10, 2010. (Xinhua/Ding Lin)
BEIJING, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu Saturday called for more efforts to flight floods, as many parts of China have been ravaged by torrential rains again in recent days, triggering landslides and taking water above dangerous levels.
Hui, who is also the director of the Office of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters (SFDH), said at a work conference that continuous heavy rains in south China have added to difficulty in fighting the floods, but local governments must use all resources to ensure people's safety. Full story
Heaviest rain pounds Chongqing
The most severe rainstorm this summer pounded Chongqing, causing inland inundation in some parts. Local weather authorities issued a third-level storm alert. (Photo: chinanews.com)
At least 27 die after torrential rain, flood wreck havoc in south China
BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) -- At least 27 people are dead, six others missing and tens of thousands evacuated after more rain-triggered landslides have caused havoc in south China, delaying flights and severing roads and railway lines in south China.
Ten people had died, two were missing and 109,000 relocated in the hardest-hit southwestern Chongqing Municipality by 6 p.m. Friday, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said in a statement. Full story
Millions affected by floods in regions along Yangtze River
BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Rain-triggered floods are affecting millions of people in regions along China's longest river, the Yangtze, China's flood control authority said Friday.
Provinces including eastern Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Anhui and Chongqing Municipality were all affected by swelling rivers after heavy rain in these regions, the Office of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters (SFDH) said Friday. Full story
Thousands evacuated after flash floods in SW China
Vehicles are immersed in the floodwater at a bus terminal in Youyang County of Chongqing Municipality, southwest China, July 9, 2010. The electricity supply was interrupted by a heavy rainfall in Youyang on Friday and vehicles were immersed in the ensuing flood. (Xinhua)
CHONGQING, July 9 (Xinhua) -- About 15,000 people were evacuated from their homes Friday after torrential rains left two townships in southwest China in flood waters up to 1.2 meters deep.
No casualties were reported in the flash floods that affected Fenshui Township and Sanzheng Township in Wanzhou County, near the massive Three Gorge Dam project. Full story
Rain-triggered landslide disrupts railway in SW China
GUIYANG, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Rain-triggered landslide disrupted the Sichuan-Guizhou Railway at Tongzi County in southwest China's Guizhou Province at around 8 a.m. Friday, said local authorities Friday.
The landslide carrying 2,000 cubic meters of debris occurred at Dahe Town. Over 300 workers with seven excavators were battling to repair the railway, said Wang Zhong, head of Tongzi County government. Full story
Torrential rain hits China's Hunan, leaving six dead, 50,000 relocated
CHANGSHA, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Torrential rain hits central China's Hunan Province since Thursday night, leaving six people dead, two missing, 56,000 relocated and 760,000 affected as of Friday morning, said local authorities Friday. Full story
Floods kill six in central China province: ministry
Citizens ride on a waterlogged road in Xiangfan, central China's Hubei Province, July 3, 2010. A heavy rain hit the city Saturday. (Xinhua/Gong Bo)
BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Heavy rains and floods in central China's Hubei Province had killed six people and left two missing, the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) announced Friday.
About 3.15 million people in the province have been affected by the weather, with about 94,000 people evacuated, according to a statement posted on the ministry website. Full story
China to battle storms following heat wave
BEIJING, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Local authorities in central and southwest China were put on alert Thursday to fight heavy storms and floods -- termed to be the worst in a decade in some regions -- just as days-long heat wave that had scorched large areas across the country ended. Full story
Rain set to break heatwave in China: NMC
BEIJING, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Heavy rains are set to break the heatwave lingering across much of China Thursday, according to a forecast from China's National Meteorological Center (NMC).
Rains will hit areas near the Yangtze River and the Yellow River as well as northeast China, affecting Chongqing, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, northern Fujian, northern Jiangxi, northern Hunan, Hubei, northern Guizhou, Heilongjiang, Jilin and southeast Tibet. Full story
Floods kill 25 in western China province in July
XINING, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Floods have killed 25 people and left another three missing in northwest China's Qinghai Province in the first week of July, local authorities said Thursday.
About 41,000 people in 22 counties in seven prefectures had been affected by the floods as of 6 p.m. Wednesday, the provincial civil affairs bureau said in a statement. Full story
China launches emergency response amid floods in Qinghai
BEIJING, July 8 (Xinhua) -- China's flood control authority, the Office of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters, on Thursday launched a level IV emergency response, as floods hit parts of northwest China's Qinghai Province. Full story
Editor: Bi Mingxin
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