Heavy rains will continue in most parts of the country in the
next ten days, the China Meteorological Administration (CMA)
forecast on Sunday.
Rainfalls would fall in Huaihe River area, middle and lower
reaches of the Yangtze River, Sichuan Basin and Yungui Plateau,
said CMA.
In the following three days, torrential rains, temporary
thunderstorm and hails are expected in the eastern part of
northwest China, Sichuan Basin, northeastern Inner Mongolia and
southern Gansu.
By Friday, flooding has killed 403 people and left 105 others
missing, and 3.17 million people had been relocated as the rainy
season coupled with ferocious flood continues to batter central and
southern China.
In central China's Henan and Hubei provinces, continuous
rainstorms have affected nearly 10 million people, said the
Ministry of Civil Affairs on Sunday.
On Saturday, residents along the Huaihe River have been urged to
gear up for their second tough combat against floods in a week as
receding floods in some branches of the river started rising again
after torrential rain.
(Xinhua News Agency July 16, 2007)
