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Summer floods kill 764 people in China
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-07-17 12:03
Floods this summer have killed 764 people in China, according to a government
official.
A total of 191 people are missing, said Zhang Zhitong, deputy director of the
Office of the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters.
Armed police paddle a boat to
evacuate local residents to safety in Dazhou, Southwest China's Sichuan
Province, Friday, July 8, 2005. [Xinhua] | Until Thursday, the floods have affected 90.21 million people in 27
provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions across the country, Zhang said.
About 7 million hectares of crops were attacked and 702,100 houses collapsed
during the disaster, which has caused 47.65 billion yuan (5.79 billion US
dollars) of direct loss, he said.
Guangxi, Fujian, Hunan, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Chongqing, Heilongjiang,
Anhui and Henan were the most grievously-hit regions.
At present, 64,900 people are still struggling on the dams in Henan, Anhui
and Jiangsu, Zhang said.
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