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Southwest China floods and mudslides kill 15
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-07-01 09:47
Rainstorms have been thrashing southwest China's Sichuan Province for four
days, claiming at least 15 lives and leaving seven missing, according to
statistics from the Sichuan disaster relief center.
Twenty-one counties and cities had reported over 50
millimeters of rainfall by Wednesday night, including seven counties and cities
with over 100 millimeters of rainfall, according to the Sichuan provincial
meteorological observatory.
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A Chinese father and daughter wade through
floodwaters in Jintang County, Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan
Province, June 29, 2004. The low-lying county along the Yangtze River is
frequently flooded by heavy rains in summer. [Reuters]
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Continuous rain has caused flooding, mud-rock flow and landslide across the
province. The most serious landslide occurred in Xingwen County in Yibin City.
Six were killed and seven were missing after they were
buried under a landslide as they slept Tuesday night.
Five others were injured, three seriously, in a tragedy blamed on the heavy
and continuous rain battering the area.
The China News Service said eight additional people have died in Sichuan over
the past three days where 126 millimetres (five inches) of rain has fallen.
Torrential rains and flooding were responsible for nearly 2,000 deaths in
China in the first nine months of last year, according to the latest statistics
available.
This year could be no less disastrous. With the flood season approaching,
China has warned that nearly 30,000 reservoirs have safety
problems.
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