CHINA - Scores killed in Chinese floods

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Sunday, 16 July 2006,

15:45 GMT 16:45 UK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scores

killed in Chinese floods

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The rain is

expected to continue over the next few days

 

 

 

At

least 115 people have been killed in floods and storms as Typhoon Bilis churns

across China's south-east, state media reports.

The Fujian, Hunan and Guangdong provinces have

been the most severely affected by the tropical storm, Xinhua news agency

said.

In Hunan province, more than

100 people are missing and thousands of homes have been swept away.

Hectares of farmland have also been destroyed and train services

disrupted.

Mudslides have also been reported in Zhangzhou, Fujian province.

Flooding is reported to have cut the main Beijing-Guangzhou

railway line, stranding 5,000 passengers in Changsha, Hunan province.

Power lines have also been cut.

Tropical storm

In Lechang, also in Hunan, waters as deep as 3m (10ft) forced

authorities to move 1,600 inmates from the local prison to higher ground.

Earlier, a Russian vessel sank off the coast during the storm,

but the 11-member crew is said to have been rescued.

Forecasters are predicting heavy rain will continue across

southern China for several days.

Typhoon Bilis hit China

after ravaging the Philippines

and Taiwan on

Friday. It has since been downgraded to a tropical storm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5185314.stm

 

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