Floods kill 569 people in China

The worst flood since 1991 in southeast China has killed 569 people, displaced 2.29 million people and damaged 23.62 million acres of crops ...

The worst flood since 1991 in southeast China has killed 569 people, displaced 2.29 million people and damaged 23.62 million acres of crops so far, the Civil Affairs Ministry said today.

The flood situation in East China’s worst hit Anhui province continues to be grim with flood control authorities being forced to open sluice gates on the rain-swollen Huaihe River today to divert rising floodwater to the Qiujiahu flood diversion area.

The area, in Yingshang County, is the eighth such area to be used this year to alleviate flooding from the Huaihe, which is experiencing the worst flooding since 1991.

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The place covers 38.2 square kilometres, including 5,683 acres of farmland, from which 33,000 residents have been evacuated.

This is the 15th time the area has been used for flood diversion since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949.

China yesterday again used the Mengwa flood diversion area in Anhui province to divert floodwaters from the Huaihe as water levels continued to rise.

The diversion was ordered as another flood peak was forecast to reach Wangjiaba section of the river today and the water level there is expected to exceed the 29 metre danger level. This was the second time in a week the Mengwa flood diversion area was used to divert floodwaters from the river. (PTI)

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