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Chinese Floods Force Mass Evacuations; Many Dead
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by Jordan Yerman | June 10, 2007 at 09:20 am
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Smaller villages throughout southern China have been devastated by storm-fed floods and flood-triggered landslides as over half a million people are forced to flee. Citizen-journalist photos have been relatively slow to come out of China so far, as Flickr is blocked there, but we're still looking for firsthand experiences and accounts.
Floods and landslides triggered by four days of rain in southern China have left 66 people dead and forced 600,000 to flee their homes, state media said.At least 48,000 homes were completely destroyed in the rains, which pounded China's southern provinces.
China's civil affairs ministry said that the floods had caused an estimated $380m (£284m) worth of damage.
The provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Fujian and Jiangxi were among the worst-affected regions.
Floods also damaged agricultural land and crops.
"Floods caused by heavy rains have affected about 294,800 hectares of crops, completely destroying 53,000 hectares of them," an official told China's Xinhua news agency.
Rescue teams have been have been sent to the area to help in relief work and search for an estimated 12 people who remain missing.
In the province of Guangxi, the rains destroyed 29 reservoirs and 162 roads and forced 59 factories to suspend production, Xinhua reports.
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at 09:42 on June 10th, 2007
This story will now show up on the home page for four hours. If new developments justify it, I'll renew this flag for another cycle.
at 14:20 on June 10th, 2007
China's censorship is working against them in this case. I see precious little coverage of this beyond a few big media outlets.
at 18:41 on June 10th, 2007
jordan, I like this story. It's good stuff. I'm based in Shanghai and will do my best to report on breaking severe weather events in the region, especially typhoons. Using the internet here is a headache due to the restrictions and censorship.