Flood stricken parts of China hit by more landslides. by Darren Bett
Heavy rainstorms in southwest China over the past few days has caused further flooding and triggered landslides. The Sichuan province in the south of the country was the hardest hit with 17 people being killed after the heavy rain triggered a landslide. In neighbouring Yunnan 14 people died and many more are still missing as storms raged through the city of Zhaotong.
China’s climate has been split over the past few months, with torrential rain inundating southern and western provinces of China, while parts of the east have been reeling under prolonged drought. Minister of water resources Chen Lei said “the climate has been unusually abnormal this year causing these serious floods and drought across our country.”
Over 1,100 people have now been killed by floods across China since the heavy rain began in June. The country’s third longest river, the Huai suffered its worst flooding in July since 1954 and with many rivers on the brink of flooding the worst may not yet be over.
