The death toll in Guangdong Province from floods that have hit
southern China has risen to 23 with two missing.
Flooding has affected 2.33 million people and displaced 171,800
by Thursday afternoon, according to the Guangdong department of
civil affairs.
The department said 281 people have been injured.
More than 20,000 houses were toppled down and crops on 131,700
hectares were affected. The economic loss in agriculture stood at
551 million yuan while the total economic loss at 1.684 billion
yuan.
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The provincial government has dispatched four task forces to
flood-hit areas to help disaster relief. A work team of the
Ministry of Civil Affairs has also arrived in Guangdong.
The civil affairs authority in neighboring Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region said
Wednesday at least 15 people have been killed and one is missing
since June 6.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs reported on Tuesday afternoon that
76 people have been killed by the storms in south China, but it has
not provided an update since then.
(Xinhua News Agency June 15, 2007)