Rainstorms Cause 7 Deaths, 2 Missing in South China City

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Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Sunday, May 18, 2003

Rainstorms Cause 7 Deaths, 2 Missing in South China City

Seven people died and two were missing in constant rainstorms on Friday and Saturday that have devastated parts of Meizhou City, south China's Guangdong Province.

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Seven people died and two were missing in constant rainstorms on Friday and Saturday that have devastated parts of Meizhou City, south China's Guangdong Province.

By 6:00 p.m. Saturday, the storms had incurred direct economic losses of 280 million yuan (33.73 million US dollars), said the city's flood prevention headquarters.

Preliminary statistics from the headquarters also show 406,000 people in 89 towns affected by the rainstorms as 2,440 houses weredestroyed and 26,370 hectares of crops were damaged.

Long stretches of power transmission and telecommunications lines, highways and bridges have also been destroyed.

Leading officials of the city have directed rescue operations at the devastated areas. So far, more than 18,000 people have been evacuated from flooded areas.

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