Nearly 100 Trapped in C China Floods
Xinhua News Agency, August 17, 2013 Adjust font size:
Nearly 100 people in central China's Hunan Province have been trapped due to torrential rain that started hitting the province two days ago, local authorities said.
The trapped are from four villages in Lanshan County in the city of Yongzhou, according to the municipal government.
Precipitation in the past 36 hours has reached nearly 400 mm in some areas in the county. Water levels on the Shunshui River, which runs near the county, are above safe levels, the local government said.
Armed police and firefighters have been dispatched to rescue the trapped villagers.
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People walk on a waterlogged road in Huadian City, northeast China's Jilin Province, Aug. 16, 2013. Eleven people were killed and three others went missing in a flood that inundated a residential compound in Hongshi Township in the city of Huadian on Friday. Northeast China has been hit by the biggest floods in decades this summer. [Xinhua] |
