In Yingxiu Township of Wenchuan, rows of newly completed homes were submerged by the overflowed Minjiang River which runs through the town. The new homes had been built to accommodate those residents relocated outside Yingxiu after the deadly earthquake.

If the flooding had not occurred, Lian Qunhua, who opened a grocery in the town, would have received the key for her new home in two weeks.

"This used to be my home," Lian told a Xinhua reporter, pointing to some debris in front of her. "That is my new home," she said, indicating a row of fresh new buildings soaked in the flood waters on the opposite bank of the Minjiang River.

"I feel hurt, indeed," she lamented.

Further, a barrier lake formed by the mudslide in a section of the river and holding back millions of cubic meters of water is still threatening the town.

Besides Wenchuan, persistent rainfall since Friday has caused floods, landslides and mudslides in Mianzhu and Dujiangyan of Sichuan, leaving dozens of people dead or missing.

Geologists said the earthquake of 2008 took its toll on these areas in Sichuan, which were all located on the fault zone of the tremor.