Southern China Flooding Death Toll Jumps to 39 After Dam Breach
Rescuers are searching flooded villages as 9 people remain missing and 130,000 residents have been evacuated, officials said.
- On Wednesday, rescuers scoured flooded parts of China after Typhoon Maysak's death toll rose to 17, with torrential rains overwhelming 40 rivers and bursting a reservoir dam.
- In the southern region of Guangxi, at least 130,000 residents were moved to safety after extreme flooding from Maysak, while the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters maintained a high-level emergency response.
- Separately, severe convective weather triggered tornadoes in Hubei, killing at least 11 people and injuring 331, while 4,800 houses suffered damage and 22 collapsed, state news agency Xinhua reported.
- President Xi Jinping ordered officials to "go all out" in organizing rescue operations, as authorities set aside 30 million yuan in reconstruction funds.
- Eastern provinces are bracing for Super Typhoon Bavi, with Liu Fei, Party Secretary of Zhejiang's Hangzhou city, urging officials to shift into a "state of combat readiness" before expected landfall between Saturday and Sunday.
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The toll of devastating floods in the Guangxi region in southern China rose on Thursday to 39 dead and nine missing, according to authorities, with residents throwing shovels in hand while cleaning their homes.
Tropical Storm Maysak floods kill 39 in south China as Typhoon Bavi nears
Flooding from Tropical Storm Maysak has killed 39 people in southern China after a reservoir partly collapsed in Hengzhou. The disaster has stretched rescue operations and raised fresh concern as Typhoon Bavi approaches the east coast.
The floods caused by the Maysak tropical storm left at least 39 dead in southern China, according to local authorities. Most of the victims died after the breaking of a dam that flooded the city of Nanning in the Guangxi region. The new balance sheet was released on Thursday (9) by the city's vice-prefect, Ding Wei, during a press conference, significantly raising the number of deaths compared to the previous record, by six.
After the severe floods in southern China, the number of deaths has risen to 39.
Video footage shows snakes crawling through floodwaters after a typhoon destroyed a breeding farm in a Chinese city and released the animals.
Flooding from days of heavy rain in southern China has killed 39 people
BEIJING (AP) — Authorities in southern China said Thursday that 39 people died in flooding after a tropical storm dumped heavy rainfall, as the country’s east coast and Taiwan prepared for a typhoon expected to make landfall in the coming days. Most of the deaths were in Hengzhou, where the partial collapse of a reservoir…
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