Rainstorm-triggered floods in NW China prove deadly
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E-mail Xinhua, May 21, 2012
Floods have left one villager dead and two others missing in Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu province.
![Pupils go to school in Minxian Country, Gansu after floods hit the area. [workercn.cn]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20120521/0014222d98501124493f33.jpg "Pupils go to school in Minxian Country, Gansu after floods hit the area. [workercn.cn]") |
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Pupils go to school in Minxian?Country, Gansu after floods hit the area on May 14, 2012. [workercn.cn] |
From 10 p.m. Sunday to early Monday morning, floods have ravaged several districts and counties of the city. In Yuzhong county, a villager has been confirmed dead and two others are still missing, according to the Yuzhong county government.
Rescuers are still searching for the missing, local government authorities said Monday.
In the eastern Jiangxi province, thunderstorms and heavy rains from Friday to Saturday, have placed over 30,000 people in danger, and over 200 houses have collapsed.
Rainstorms, hail and high winds are forecast to continue hitting parts of Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Guizhou from Monday to Tuesday, the National Meteorological Center said in a statement.
Thunderstorms and hail are likely to hit parts of Guangxi and Hunan on Tuesday, the statement said.
