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Since late May 170 people have died and 1.6 million have been forced to flee their homes following rainstorms in south and southwest The latest disaster occurred on Tuesday morning when mud and rock flattened a petrol station in From June 1 continuous heavy rains have caused serious flooding in Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangxi and
In south The two rainstorms hit 71 counties around Wuzhou and Baise between June 7-10 and June 13-15, causing mud-rock flows, landslides and mountain torrents, he said. Around 195,500 people have been evacuated from their homes. The regional civil affairs department has sent five rescue teams to nine cities to help locals reconstruct their homes, he said. The central government has allotted 21 million yuan (US$2.6 million) in relief funds, which will be distributed among disaster-hit cities including Wuzhou and By mid-June, the central government had earmarked 116 million yuan (US$14.5 million) in emergency funding for flood victims in south The disaster-affected area was larger and the damage heavier than last year, Li said, adding that such events have led to 15 billion yuan (US$1.85 billion) of economic losses so far this year.
In related news, regions in the middle and lower reaches of the Provinces along the Despite the rain, meteorologists are worried about a possible drought. Statistics indicate that rainfall in ( |
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