All the four school children washed away by flood Thursday afternoon in northeast China's Jilin Province were confirmed dead Friday.

Rescuers found the body of the last victim Friday morning in a rice paddy 15 kilometers away from the accident spot, local officials said. The other three were found in the wee hours.

The four kids, all students of a village school in the city of Yushu, were on their way home from school when they were swallowed by flood at around 4:00 p.m., witnesses said.

(Xinhua News Agency July 2, 2005)