Huaihe River authorities drive flow of new safety measures

Officials are working to provide safer lives for people in a flood-prone area that straddles four provinces. Zhu Lixin reports from Fuyang, Anhui.

Wang Pinsan stood in front of a row of two-and three-story houses built on land that stands a few meters higher than regular farmland in Wangjiaba village, Funan county, in the eastern province of Anhui.

"When flooding occurs, these houses, most of which have been rebuilt in recent years, become islands that protect our lives," Wang said.