Temporary tents are set up at a relocation place in Baishan County, northeast China's Jilin Province, Aug. 5, 2010. Rainfall reached 204 mm over the previous 24 hours as of 8 a.m. Thursday in central Jilin, the provincial meteorological station said. Constant rains had forced seven of the 25 medium and large reservoirs in Jilin City, including Fengman, Baishan and Xingxingshao, to discharge water, and their levels were falling, according to Jilin municipal government. [Xinhua]

Floods on Saturday cut the drinking water supply to more than 68,000 city residents for more than 120 hours.

Although tap water supplies resumed at 5 p.m. Wednesday, it would take at least three days for the water to clear so it was potable, said Zou Jichun, manager of the tap water company.

Many water meters needed to be replaced as they were broken or blocked by the mud and sand in the water, Zou said.

The city's fire trucks had been mobilized to provide drinking water to the public, and two mountain springs in the suburbs were serving as backup water sources.

The Jilin provincial government had allocated 270 million yuan (39.87 million U.S. dollars) for flood control, disaster relief and reconstruction as of Wednesday, said Jilin Assistant Governor Wang Huawen Thursday.

Heavy rains had also hit nearby Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, and Shandong, with Liaoning, Shandong and Hebei issuing torrential rain alerts.

In Xingcheng, Huludao City, of Liaoning, 10 workers doing dredging work in a river were stranded on an island before they were rescued.

National Road 102 from Beijing to Shuangcheng City, Heilongjiang Province, was disrupted at the section in Xingcheng, and workers were rushing to repair it, according to Huludao City Government.