Rain-triggered floods have left 1,072 people dead and 619 others missing this year in China, a senior flood control official said Wednesday.
More rain forecast for already-flooded areas
Water supplies in NE China city partly resume
Rescuers are hoping to reach 420 geological workers trapped in the mountains of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Thursday, a week after floods cut transport links to the area.
China's National Meteorological Center forecast Wednesday torrential rains to soak already-flooded regions in parts of northern, northeastern and southern China over the next three days.
Rain-triggered floods have left 1,072 people dead and 619 others missing this year in China, a senior flood control official said Wednesday.
Ten people have been confirmed dead after two manganese mines in central China's Hunan Province were flooded two weeks ago, local authorities said Monday.
Some 5016 of the 7,000 chemical barrels that were swept into a major river in northeast China's Jilin Province Wednesday had been recovered as of 7:00 p.m. Saturday.
Flood had stranded 55 tourists from the Republic of Korea in Fushun City of northeast China's Liaoning Province Saturday, local authorities said.
Seven miners trapped for almost 80 hours in a flooded coal mine in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality were rescued Thursday, authorities said Friday.
Mountain torrents have trapped more than 100 people in a remote valley since Thursday after heavy rains hit northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Locals line up along the road to bid farewell to PLA soldiers who finished a dike reinforcement project at Hongbei village, Caidian district, Wuhan city in Central China’s Hubei province July 29, 2010.
Workers on Thursday raced to retrieve some 3,000 chemical-filled barrels swept by floods into the Songhua River in Northeast China's Jilin province.
Thirteen people were killed and 6 others missing after floods swept through Yongji county in Northeast China's Jilin Province, and disrupted life of 150,000 local residents, officials said Thursday