Rain-triggered floods left 273 people dead and 218 missing since rainstorms struck South China on July 1, latest figures from the Ministry of Civil Affairs show; up from the 146 deaths reported on July 16.
Thirteen people are missing after a landslide struck a village in Southwest China's Sichuan province on Tuesday, local officials said. Dam withstands torrents
Two people were killed and more than ten injured Tuesday in Xingzi county of East China's Jiangxi province when lightning struck while they were standing atop a dike at Poyang Lake assisting in flood control efforts, authorities said.
For Gao Shiying and thousands of his fellow villagers, life along the banks of the Yangtze River has carried on as usual, even as water levels here remained 29 cm above warning levels on Monday.
Floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains have left at least 15 people dead and 54 missing in Northwest China's Shaanxi province, flood control authorities said late Monday.
Rain-triggered landslides in Southwest China Monday blocked a river, creating a barrier lake in Chongqing municipality and forcing the evacuation of more than 12,000 people, flood control authorities said.
The Three Gorges Dam project on the Yangtze River will face its first major flood-control test yet Tuesday as the flow on the river's upper reaches nears 70,000 cubic meters a second -- 20,000 cubic meters more than the flow during the 1998 floods that killed 4,150 people.
Floods and landslides triggered by continuous rainstorms have left at least 34 people dead and 87 missing in west China's Sichuan and Shaanxi provinces, local authorities said Monday.
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Flow set to exceed level of 1998 floods
Nationwide efforts to avoid geological disasters
At least 23 people have been killed and 30 are still missing as of Sunday evening after the worst rainstorm of the year lashed southwest China's Sichuan Province late Friday, the provincial civil affairs department said.
Water levels in the upper- and middle-sections of the Yangtze River have risen due to heavy rainfalls, a statement on the website of China's State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters said Sunday.
More than 300 people remained trapped in flood and 12,300 others were evacuated as of early Sunday in rain-soaked southwest China's Chongqing, said local authorities. 13 dead, 23 missing in Sichuan
Heavy rains have caused water levels on the Yangtze River and Taihu Lake to rise, prompting local governments to step up disaster prevention work.
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