Floods in China have killed 377 people this year, as of Friday, and left 142 others missing, the Office of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters said Friday in a statement on its website.
In Xiangtan County, police and soldiers were mobilized to use boats to help evacuate over 54,000 residents over Thursday night from low-lying areas. No casualty has been reported.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao rallied rescuers and comforted victims in southern China's Jiangxi province on Thursday following widespread flooding that has killed more than 200 and caused $6.4 billion in damages.
Rain-battered parts of South China faced the threat of landslides and fresh floods Thursday, as Premier Wen Jiabao visited a city threatened by a burst river dike.
More rain expected for flood-hit areas
Until 8:00 am Thursday, floods had killed 365 people in China this year and 147 remained missing, according to the Office of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters (SFDH).
Thousands of workers and soldiers would start shoring up two dikes breached in floods in East China's Jiangxi province Friday, as the nationwide death toll from 10 days of floods rose to 211, said flood control officials Thursday.
China's National Meteorological Center warned Thursday that torrential rains are expected to pound the nation's badly-flooded southern regions over the next two days.
Thirty-eight people died after 10 days of torrential rain in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, according to the local flood control authorities on Wednesday.
East China's Fuhe River breached its banks again early Wednesday, further inundating flooded areas of Jiangxi Province, according to the provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters.
Heavy rains and floods in south and central China have killed 211 people and left 119 others missing as of 4 pm Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
A flood-battered dyke in Jiangxi province suffered a fresh breach on Wednesday morning as heavy flooding in the past week intensified and about 100,000 residents fled after an earlier break in its wall. Day-by-day photos Death toll in deluge hits 211
The heavy rains and floods drenching 10 southern provinces and autonomous regions had killed 199 and left 123 missing as of 11 am on Tuesday, a Ministry of Civil Affairs statement said. Floods breach dyke
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