Looking at the scattered house tops emerging from the muddy floodwater, Wang Mubao, of Wangjiacun village in Fuzhou city, East China's Jiangxi province, prayed for help and for his family from the roof of his two-storied house.
Floods have triggered landslides and mud flows in east China's Fujian Province, leaving 76 dead and 79 missing as of 4 p.m. Monday, said local flood control officials Tuesday.
Torrential rains battering south and central China have left 199 people dead and forced the evacuation of 1.7 million, as washed out roads and railways hampered rescue work Monday.
Rain wreaks havoc in Jiangxi
Boxed milk, coke and some other goods, all soaked and contaminated, were piled up for sale on Monday outside Zhou Longping's grocery store in Yujiang county, Yingtan, Jiangxi province.
Persistent rain and floods in ten regions of southern China had left 175 dead and 107 missing by 8 am Monday, the Office of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters (OSFCDRH) and the Ministry of Civil Affairs said.
The latest round of torrential rains that flooded townships in southern China killed 147 people and forced 1.09 million residents to flee their homes by the weekend, with more storms forecast.
China's disaster relief departments raised the emergency response to level-three from level-four Saturday morning for the floods that have hit southern China, as authorities forecast more rain to fall over coming days.
Rain-triggered landslides in eastern and southern China have killed at least 41 people since Sunday, according to local officials.
China's disaster relief departments raised the emergency response to level-three from level-four Saturday morning for the floods that have hit southern China, as authorities forecast more rain to fall over coming days.
Rain-triggered landslides in eastern and southern China have killed at least 35 people as of Saturday morning, according to local officials.
The water level of more than 80 rivers and their tributaries across China has gone above the warning line, as parts of the country brace for more rainstorms in the coming days.
Downpours that have ravaged southern China since Sunday have left 69 dead, 44 missing and uprooted nearly a half million residents as of 4:00 pm Friday, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said.
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