Flooded southern China braces for more storms


PTI, Jul 15, 2020, 7:07 PM IST

Beijing: Heavy rain is forecast for five more days in the Yangtze River basin, China’s meteorological agency said Wednesday, in a region already devastated by flooding this year.

At least 141 people have been reported dead or missing across the nation.

In some good news, the water level in China’s biggest freshwater lake began to recede after setting a record on Monday.

Soldiers have built temporary embankments to try to prevent Poyang Lake from overflowing into Lushan city in southeastern China’s Jiangxi province.

The seasonal flooding has forced 1.5 million people to evacuate so far this month, the official People’s Daily newspaper said, citing the Ministry of Emergency Management.

Floodwaters have inundated villages, cities, and farms in many parts of southern China.

The Agriculture Ministry, declaring its second-highest emergency response level, has sent teams to Jiangxi and four other provinces to help with disaster relief and minimize the damage.

The rain was forecast on Wednesday for nine provinces, the national meteorological agency said.

Sichuan province in the southwest could see 10 to 12 centimetres (4 to 5 inches) of rain per hour.

This month’s flooding forced a rare two-day delay for college entrance exams for more than 2,000 students on the Yangtze River in Anhui province.

The tests are supposed to be taken by students nationwide on the same days. China’s worst floods in recent years were in 1998 when more than 2,000 people died and almost 3 million homes were destroyed.

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