The death toll from flooding and mudslides this year in
southwest China's Yunnan
Province has reached 100, said the provincial flood control and
drought relief headquarters Thursday.
The total includes 12 who were killed over the past two days by
landslide and mudflow in the Yingjiang County of the Dai-Jingpo
Autonomous Prefecture of Dehong.
The recent disaster has left 48 others missing, and four more
seriously injured, with direct economic losses hitting 157 million
yuan (US$18.9 million).
By July 20, 88 people had been killed in similar calamities
since the start of the flood season, and five cities had been
inundated, causing economic losses of 2.48 billion yuan (US$298
million).
(Xinhua News Agency July 23, 2004)