Flooding has caused 17 deaths in Guizhou province Guizhou flood _ 4 missing | news

Xinhuanet, Guiyang, July 18 (reporters Yang Hongtao and and Li Qian and)-July 13, widespread heavy rainfall attacks in Guizhou, causing floods, mud-rock flows, landslides and other disasters, rivers over the warning level, transport, power outages in some areas currently affected more than 3.19 million people across the province, including death tolls to 17 people, 4 missing.

According to Guizhou province Home Office statistics, as 18th 11:30, Guizhou 88 a County (city, and district) in the has 72 a suffered flood disaster, Council to occurred mountain landslide, caused 3.1915 million people affected, which due to disaster death 17 people, and missing 4 people; emergency transfer placed 167,300 people, needed emergency life rescue 73,300 people; crop affected 133,500 hectares; collapsed agricultural room 1394 households 4249 between, 13700 households near 40,000 between agricultural room different degree damaged. Preliminary estimates, the direct economic losses of about 3 billion dollars.

At present, are organized into emergency rescue and disaster relief in the affected areas to ensure affected people's basic living. According to incomplete statistics, civil affairs departments in Guizhou province has invested more than 29.1 million yuan in relief funds and set up makeshift tents, giving them quilts, rice, drinking water, food and other supplies.

(Edit: SN098)
21:32 on July 18, 2014 Xinhua NET