Natural Disaster

• - Rainy Weather to Worsen Flooding in C China
• - Sandstorms Sweep Across NW China, Damage Crops
• - 2 Dead, 8,870 Evacuated in S China Flood
• - Severe Drought Dries up Largest Reservoir in NE China
• - Catastrophe Insurance in the Works
• - Hailstorms Topple Houses, Affect 30,000 in Guizhou
• - Flood Hits Village in China's Xinjiang
• - Moderate Earthquake Jolts Tibet
• - Extreme Weather in Spring Harms Agriculture
• - Hu, Wen Urge All-out Efforts to Save People in Quake-hit Zone

• - About 300 Dead, 8,000 Injured in 7.1-magnitude Quake in Qinghai
• - Rescue Teams, Relief Materials Sent to Qinghai
• - 67 Dead, Many Buried After Qinghai Quake
• - Water-splashing Festival Reduced to Water-sprinkling
• - 7.1-magnitude Quake Hits Qinghai Province
• - Repairs to Begin on Quake-damaged Tibetan Monastery
• - Snowstorm Hits NE China, Disrupting Traffic, Classes
• - Drought Rings Ecological Protection Alarm Bells
• - New Planting Methods Maintain Farm Output in Drought-hit Province
• - Drought Persists in SW China, Water Shortage Worsens

• - Chinese Official Admits Inability to Foresee Drought
• - No Crops, No Money, No Food as Yunnan Waits for Rainfall
• - Pests Ravage Pine Woods in Drought-hit S China
• - Work Dries up in Rural Areas
• - Science Offers Solutions to Severe Drought
• - Drought Forces Farmers to Find New Jobs
• - Blizzards Destroy More Than 12,000 Houses in Xinjiang
• - 200 People Rescued from Snowstorms in Xinjiang
• - Rain Falls on Drought-plagued Yunnan
• - Armed Forces Help with Drought Relief in SW China