Rain pours new misery on Sichuan

Water supplies were finally returned to thousands of families in the disaster-hit province of Sichuan yesterday.

Lines were cut for more than 24 hours in areas of Chengdu after heavy rain caused mudslides along the upper reaches of Minjiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River and a water source for the capital.

The downpour, which lasted from Tuesday until Friday, wreaked havoc throughout the province, which is undergoing reconstruction following the Wenchuan earthquake last year.