Heavy rains are expected in northeastern and southern China in
the next three days, the China Meteorological Administration (CMA)
forecast on Sunday.
Heavy or torrential rains will fall in central and eastern part
of northeast China, most part of south China, some areas in Yunnan and southern part of Guizhou.
Liaoning, Jilin and Guangdong provinces can expect strong
rainstorms, thunderstorms or hails.
On Saturday, heavy downpour hit a peninsula on the southern tip
of south China's Guangdong Province. More than 23,000 people were
forced to evacuate and thousands of locals were stranded with no
necessities like food and fresh water in two of its most
flood-battered Tandou Town and Beihe Town.
A helicopter dispatched by the Ministry of Communications
carried nearly 900 kg of foods to aid the region. These residents
were evacuated when the floods subsided at about 6:00 p.m. on
Saturday.
Also according to CMA forecasts, draughts will persist in
Jiangxi, Hunan and northern Guangxi from Aug. 13 to 15.
China has suffered from abnormal and extreme weather conditions
leading to fatal floods, landslides and lingering drought in a
number of provinces this year, which left 1,279 people dead and 239
others missing in the first seven months, according to the Ministry
of Civil Affairs.
(Xinhua News Agency August 13, 2007)
