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Downpour floods rivers in Sichuan
( 2003-07-29 07:40) (China Daily)

Heavy rain at the weekend caused flooding in all the rivers in Southwest China's Sichuan Province.

However, the water levels remained below the safety levels.

But the rainfall caused a landslide in Luding County, and 230 passengers on 14 buses were trapped in the county's Hailuogou scenic site. No casualties had been reported by press time last night.

In the middle and lower regions of the Yangtze River, the temperatures were still unusually high yesterday.

An unnamed senior official with the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters quoted by the Xinhua News Agency yesterday said that attention should be paid not only to rivers that have flooded but also to drought-hit areas.

In Central China's Hunan Province, about 1 million people have had problems getting enough drinking water due to a continued drought.

The provincial government urged the grass-roots authorities in Hunan to redouble their efforts against the drought and help keep any losses at a minimum.

There has been a lack of water for irrigation and drinking water for cattle in 64 counties in Hunan.

The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters said water levels on the Huaihe River have dropped below warning levels after a month of flooding but new cases of flooding have arisen in Northeast China.

The Ministry of Water Resources said that, as of 8 am yesterday, the water level at the Wangjiaba hydrological station on the upper reaches of the Huaihe was 26.49 metres, 1 centimetre below the warning mark.

The water level at the Huainan hydrological station on the middle reaches of the Huaihe dropped to 22.92 metres, 8 centimetres below the warning mark.

But Xinhua News Agency said a branch of the Nenjiang River, a major river in Northeast China, began to flood on Sunday due to continuous rain. The agency did not name the branch in question.

The water level on the main section of the Nenjiang was reported to be close to the warning level.

As of 4 pm on Sunday, the water level at the Nianzishan hydrological station on the Yalu River had reached 215.71 metres, 31 centimetres higher than the warning mark.

 
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