Heavy rains will continue on Monday in the southern areas of
China, China Meteorological Administration (CMA) said on
Monday.
Torrential rains will hit southeastern Sichuan, western
Chongqing, southern Anhui and central Jiangsu, according to the
administration.
Heavy rains or rainstorms are also expected in northeastern
Yunnan, most parts of Chongqing, northern Guizhou, and parts of
Hunan, Hubei, Henan, Anhui, Zhejiang and Shanghai.
These regions may also experience temporary thunderstorms and
heavy winds, which could trigger mountain torrents, landslides and
mudflows as well as floods, said the administration.
Floods have left 94 people dead and 25 others missing in seven
provinces in China, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said on
Sunday.
About 16.67 million people had been affected and 555,100 people
in Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan, Chongqing and Shaanxi
evacuated by 4 p.m. Sunday.
Hundreds of thousands of houses were damaged and millions of
hectares of farmland affected.
(Xinhua News Agency July 9, 2007)
