CHINA - More than 50 dead in China floods

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Friday, 9 June 2006,

03:29 GMT 04:29 UK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More

than 50 dead in China floods

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Season rains have

caused flooding and landslides

 

 

 

Floods

and landslides have killed more than 50 people in southern China in recent

days, according to official state media.

In Fujian province 41 people

were killed in floods on Thursday, according to the official news agency

Xinhua.

Mudslides also killed a further 12 people in Wuzhou, in Guangxi

region. At least 24 people were injured.

The government has estimated that this summer's floods are the

worst in three decades in some parts of China.

Heavy rains have already forced more than 400,000 people from

their homes.

Floods have also destroyed 9,300 houses and ruined crops on some

100,000 hectares (250,000 acres) of farmland, Xinhua said.

Weather forecasters predict there is little relief in sight,

with more heavy rainfall expected over the weekend.

Heavy rains

Early on Thursday morning, 11 villages were flooded with water

up to two metres deep when the Bashili River in Fujian burst its

banks.

Rescue workers were at the site and 16,000 people had been

evacuated, Xinhua news agency said.

It was not known whether any of the residents, who would have

been asleep at the time, were killed in the flooding.

Heavy seasonal rains have been falling in Fujian in recent

days.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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