Floods claims 252 lives, 64 missing

Floods claims 252 lives, 64 missing
Jul 3, 2008 01:24
LEOPOLD219 Points: Join Date: Feb 7, 2007 Status: offline	Floods ravaged the South China since the beginning of June, claiming 252 lives and 64 missing. June and July marked the start of the main flood season in most parts of China. About 50,000,000 people were affected by the floods. 200,000 houses were destroyed, according to the Office of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters. This year, China has seen more rainfalls than the average annual rains that are expected int the Yellow River areas and and the Southwest China.The worst floods in the past five decades hit the Pearl River Delta. Guangdong and Guangxi were severely affected. A premary school was flooded at Zhoupi Town in south China's Guangdong Province.

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Floods ravaged the South China since the beginning of June, claiming 252 lives and 64 missing.

June and July marked the start of the main flood season in most parts of China. About 50,000,000 people were affected by the floods. 200,000 houses were destroyed, according to the Office of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters.

This year, China has seen more rainfalls than the average annual rains that are expected int the Yellow River areas and and the Southwest China.The worst floods in the past five decades hit the Pearl River Delta. Guangdong and Guangxi were severely affected.

A premary school was flooded at Zhoupi Town in south China's Guangdong Province.

Jul 3, 2008 03:00	#1
TRAVELINGINC... Points: Join Date: Jan 3, 2008 Status: Offline	Kunming has the same trouble. Heavy rains last more than 20 hours in Kunming in Southwestern Yunnan since July 1. Kun Municipal Government was flooded. The government buiding became an isolated island.

Jul 3, 2008 03:06	#2
TRAVELINGINC... Points: Join Date: Jan 3, 2008 Status: Offline	The successive rainy days troubled the residents. The rainfall reached 113.2 milli-meters in two days.

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