Flood: Death rate rose to 90 in China
Saturday, June 19th, 2010BEIJING , China — The death rate in China rose to 90 today due to flood, and 1.4 million people were send away as the flooded region prepared for more serious storms.
Fifty people were furthermore missing in nine states and district across China’s south, the state flood control administrative center said. Water levels have gush passed safe levels in many of rivers, counting the Pearl River in the center of China’s industrialized region.
As of 8 a.m. Saturday, 5.5 million public had been hit by flooding, the organization reported.
Its deputy director said further 1.4 million people had been evacuated from low-lying areas from the time when Thursday, the Chinese Daily reported.
The National Meteorological Center alerted of heavy rains till Sunday afternoon.
Strong rainstorms have distorted reservoirs, overflowed rivers, affected landslides and power outages, and broken highways, the disaster relief group website informed.
Chinese Daily reported that nine local officials in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region had been punished for negligence of duty in flood work, counting a reservoir monitor who was trapped playing poker.
China’s monsoon rain, which starts in May, follows the most horrible drought in a century for the southern Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi provinces. Drought hit 61 million public, leaving millions lacking drinking water and 12 million acres (5 million hectares) infertile from the time of last year.
