Floods triggered by torrential rainstorms have caused the
collapse of about 2,000 houses and affected some 250,000 people in
east China's Jiangxi Province, local authorities said on
Sunday.
Heavy rain hit most of Jiangxi between Thursday and Sunday, with
an average precipitation of 52 millimeters across the province and
25 counties reported rainfall of more than 100 millimeters,
according to the provincial meteorological station.
Thousands of houses in 59 towns have collapsed in the floods
triggered by the heavy rain, which have caused a direct economic
loss of nearly 100 million yuan (US$12.9 million), said a
provincial flood control official.
The floods have caused casualties and evacuations of residents
in some areas, but the exact number has yet to be counted by local
flood control departments, the official said. The meteorological
station said the province would continue to have rainfall in the
coming two days.
Disasters triggered by rainstorm killed at least 43 people in
southwest China's Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality at the end of last
month.
(Xinhua News Agency June 4, 2007)
