Nearly 10M in affected by rainstorms

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-07-15 13:29

Rainstorms continued to hit central China's Henan and Hubei provinces, with nearly 10 million people affected in the two provinces, said the Ministry of Civil Affairs on Sunday.

Since July 7, nine people were killed and two missing in Hubei Province, and 100,710 persons were evacuated, according to the ministry.

More than 206,900 hectares of farmland were inundated in Hubei, and 12,800 houses collapsed, causing direct economic losses of 1.35 billion yuan (177.63 million U.S. dollars), said the ministry.

In Henan Province, more than 4.38 million people were affected by floods and 331,000 people were evacuated.

The ministry has sent rescue teams to the provinces