Off the wire
• Tokyo stocks drop sharply in morning on Greek default fears  • Australian authorities eye expanded beef exports to Indonesia  • Interview: U.S. writer, expert speaks highly of China's achievements  • Urgent: China stocks plunge over 3 pct  • 1st LD: Key legal framework laid for China-initiated AIIB  • No MERS infection reported in S. Korea for 2 days  • New Zealand to support trans-Tasman infrastructure project  • "Swell of decade" brings joy,fright on Australia's western coastline.  • Japan's industrial output in May falls faster than expected  • Xinhua China news advisory -- June 29  
You are here: 　 Home/ Poverty Reduction and Disaster Relief

East China hit by flooding

Xinhua, June 29, 2015 Adjust font size:

Rescue workers use a boat to take residents to dry land in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, yesterday. [Photo/Xinhua]

Rainstorms have been sweeping Jiangsu and neighboring Anhui since Friday, swelling rivers and reservoirs and triggering flood alerts, leaving at least one person dead and five others missing in Anhui.

Tens of thousands of residents have been evacuated and some schools have had to close.

Flood control authorities in both provinces have ordered hydropower plants to increase their discharges of flood water in one of a number of measures taken to prevent further flooding.

1   2   3   4   5