People's Liberation Army soldiers evacuate residents in East China's Jiangsu Province, due to flooding from the Huaihe River. The water level in Hongze Lake in Jiangsu continues to climb with the continuous heavy rain throughout the region. By 8:00 a.m. Thursday, the water level in the lake had reached 14.14 meters, 0.08 meters above the maximum reached in 1999, when the lake was hit by one of the worst floods in China's history. About 68,000 people living near Hongze were evacuated in preparation for water diversion. [newsphoto.com.cn]

More than 250 oil wells around Hongze Lake are submerged in floodwater in east China's Jiangsu Province. [newsphoto.com.cn]

Factories and residential buildings submerged in floodwater in Jiangsu. [newsphoto.com.cn]

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