BEIJING Workers struggled to repair a broken dyke in south China where persistent heavy rains and devastating floods have so far left at least 379 people dead, state media and government agencies said.Bulldozers dumped rocks and soil to repair a breach in the dykes hemming in the Fu River, in Jiangxi province, which forced over 100,000 people from their homes earlier this week.More water may be
BEIJING The death toll from storms that have pounded southern China for more than a week has climbed to 377, the government said Friday.The toll is expected to rise as 142 people are missing and more rain is expected, according to the China Meteorological Administration website.That threatens to hamper rescue efforts that have seen 4.4 million people evacuated from their homes.The death toll cli
BEIJING – The death toll from summer flooding across a wide swath of southern China climbed to 211 on Wednesday, as a river in Jiangxi province overflowed its banks but did not cause any additional casualties, authorities and state media said.The misery in the area of 10 provinces, regions and municipalities was expected to continue, with forecasters saying heavy rains were expected for the
FUZHOU, China – A flood-battered dyke in China suffered a fresh breach on Wednesday as heavy flooding that has killed nearly 200 people in the past week intensified and about 100,000 residents fled after an earlier break in its wall.The Fu River in Jiangxi province first burst through the protective Changkai Dyke late on Monday after days of torrential rain, threatening areas near the smal
BEIJING – Torrential rains burst a dike in southern China, sending 88,000 people fleeing their homes and prompting China's top leaders to call Tuesday for stepped-up rescue operations.Floodwaters breached the Changkai levee on the Fu River in Jiangxi province late Monday, forcing residents to relocate from their homes in the nearby city of Fuzhou, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.No
BEIJING A flooded river in south China has breached a dyke and threatens 145,000 residents, as heavy rains which have killed almost 200 people so far batter much of the region, state media reported on Tuesday.The Fu River in Jiangxi province burst through a protective embankment late on Monday, threatening the nearby city of Fuzhou.Officials scrambled to plug the breach and move residents livin
BEIJING The death toll from torrential downpours battering China for the past week has reached 132, state media reported Sunday, as more heavy rain was forecast.Floods and landslides triggered by the summer deluge have left a further 86 people missing while more than 800,000 have been evacuated, state-run television said.Earlier media reports said more than 1.4 million people living on river ba
SHANGHAI Floods and landslides across southern China have killed at least 88 people and left 48 missing in a week, Xinhua news agency said on Saturday.Torrential downpours triggered flash floods, inundated crops, disrupted traffic and telecommunications, forcing the evacuation of 757,000 people, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said in a statement, Xinhua reported.China's disaster relief departmen