Three killed in NE China flood

HARBIN - Three people died and the lives of 26,000 have been affected after a once-in-a-century flood hit Boli County of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on Friday, local authorities said Monday.

One person died after a house collapsed and two others drowned in the flood, according to the county government.

About 14,000 hectares of crops were affected and 4,533 hectares would have no harvest. The flood has caused economic losses worth 80 million yuan (13 million US dollars), it said.

Meanwhile, five bridges were destroyed.

The government is resettling affected residents, carrying out epidemic prevention and repairing damaged bridges, roads and dams.