Due to fresh torrential downpours, the Three Gorges Dam is expected to endure its second flood peak on Wednesday morning, according to local authorities.
333 people killed in rainstorms, floods in two weeks
A burst river bank was fixed at 5:10 p.m. after two days of efforts in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, local authorities said Monday.
Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu on Monday called for increased efforts in combating ongoing floods.
Drenched riverside towns in central and southern parts of China Monday prepared for even more flooding as water levels in the country's huge rivers surged and rainstorms continued.Biggest flood in 60 yrs
C. China braces for more floods of Yangtze River
Wen: Prepare for more serious floods, disasters
111 killed, 167 missing as floods hit Shaanxi
Eleven people went missing and another 11 were injured after a landslide triggered by rain Monday morning in southwest China's Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province, a spokesman with the prefecture government said.
Water flow rates through the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in central China's Hubei Province rose Monday, as already drenched riverside towns prepare for even more flooding. Wen: Prepare for more serious floods, disasters Biggest flood in 60 yrs
Flood flow is set to peak again on Monday at China's Three Gorges Dam on the swollen Yangtze River, forcing the water levels of the dam's reservoir to surge again.
Premier Wen Jiabao has told officials to prepare for "more serious floods and disasters", after water levels at the Three Gorges reservoir fell from a record high.
Water levels drop in Three Gorges dam
111 killed, 167 missing as floods hit Shaanxi
Four people are dead and 16 others missing after torrential rains caused flooding Saturday at a township in southwest China's Sichuan Province, local authorities said.
Thousands of people were forced to flee their homes early Saturday as the Luofu River in Northwest China burst its banks, but no casualties have been reported, say local authorities.
Authorities in two Chinese provinces traversed by the Hanjiang River, the largest branch of the swollen Yangtze River, issued fresh flood warnings Friday.
A continuous deluge along the swollen Yangtze River has pushed the water level of China's Three Gorges reservoir to its peak this year on Friday and it may rise further, testing the country's mega water control system built to tame the worst floods.