Central China's Province Declares Floods Emergency
SW China's Yunnan Province Flooded
Premier Zhu Calls Local Goverments to Task on Flooding
Flood Hit Areas Encouraged to Resume Production, Rebuild Homes
Floods Claim over 1300 This Year
A village in Wangcheng County in Central China's Hunan Province, is inundated by flood water on August 21, 2002. Flood emergency has been declared in Hunan, where millions of people are threatened by surging water levels.
Floods have caused 1300 deaths this year, said Wang Shucheng, minister of Water Resources in Hunan province. In the meanwhile, he made three suggestions for flood-control work of the country.
Vice-Premier Wen Jiabao has warned that China cannot afford to make mistakes in its ongoing efforts to combat floods in the Yangtze River area, because of the potential risk of disaster.