Floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains have left 19 people dead, 20 missing and thousands trapped in parts of west China, apart from the Zhouqu mudslides that killed more than 1,000, local authorities said Friday.
Heavy rain forecast for the coming days is threatening to swell an unstable lake trapped behind a barrier of mud and debris, endangering aid to local residents.
Fresh downpours, floods kill 8 in Gansu
Toll climbs to 1,117
What caused mudslide
Mental trauma haunts survivors
The death toll from a massive rain-triggered mudslide in Zhouqu County of northwest China's Gansu Province has risen to 702 as of Tuesday afternoon, with 1,042 others still missing, local civil affairs authorities told a news conference.
Rescue, relief under way
Woman saved after 36 hrs
More rains to hit Zhouqu county
Sorrow in the air
Wen inspects Zhouqu
How you can help
Slide
Food, clothing and shelter supplies for the mudslide-affected people in Zhouqu County in northwest China's Gansu Province are to be properly handled, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said Tuesday.
Insufficient drinking water and toilets, weak infrastructure and crowded living conditions are increasing the possibility of an outbreak of infectious diseases after a major mudslide in Zhouqu. How to help
702 killed
'I could hear the mud roar'
The death toll from the disaster rose to 337, with 1,148 others still missing.
Rescuers are racing against time in the search for survivors in a mudslide-flattened Northwest China county and to demolish a dam of debris to prevent further devastation from flood waters.
Thousands of soldiers, armed police officers and firefighters rushed to the area to help in the rescue operation on Aug 8, 2010.
The death toll from rain-triggered mudslides in Zhouqu County of Northwest China's Gansu province has risen to 137 as of 4:07 pm Monday, with 1,348 others still missing, said the provincial civil affairs department.
Rescuers blasts river-blocking debris
Wen inspects Zhouqu
Villager survives
'You can just tell it is a person'
Slide
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao inspects the landslide-hit region in Zhouqu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Gansu Province, Aug. 8, 2010.
Rain-triggered floods have left 1,072 people dead and 619 others missing this year in China, a senior flood control official said Wednesday.
More rain forecast for already-flooded areas
Water supplies in NE China city partly resume
According to local meteorological department, rainstorms will hit Jilin City and Changchun of the province from Aug. 4 to 6. Some 12.8 thousand people were evacuated to safe places by far.