An adult helps his grandson drink water at a school served as a settlement site in Zhongxing Town, Dujiangyan, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 10, 2013. Two people have died and 21 others are missing after a rainstorm-triggered landslide in the village of Sanxi in Dujiangyan on Wednesday morning, local authorities said. As of 9:45 p.m., 352 people stranded have been relocated to safe areas. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)
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CHENGDU, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Strong rain has affected more than 508,000 people in southwest China's Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, local authorities said Wednesday.
The downpours have been battering most parts of Sichuan since Monday evening. Precipitation in some parts of the province reached 500 to 600 mm as of 7 p.m Wednesday, while water levels in 8 small and medium-sized rivers in Sichuan rose above the warning level, according to official statistics. Full story
Rainstorms claim 16 lives in China
BEIJING, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Serious rainstorms have left 16 people dead and 19 missing since Sunday in China, said the Ministry of Civil Affairs here on Wednesday.
The disasters have affected 1.67 million people in 15 provincial divisions in China as of 9 a.m. on Wednesday, according to a ministry statement. Full story
Displaced people arrive at a school served as a settlement site in Zhongxing Town, Dujiangyan, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 10, 2013. Two people have died and 21 others are missing after a rainstorm-triggered landslide in the village of Sanxi in Dujiangyan on Wednesday morning, local authorities said. As of 9:45 p.m., 352 people stranded have been relocated to safe areas. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)
Displaced people rest at a school served as a settlement site in Zhongxing Town, Dujiangyan, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 10, 2013. Two people have died and 21 others are missing after a rainstorm-triggered landslide in the village of Sanxi in Dujiangyan on Wednesday morning, local authorities said. As of 9:45 p.m., 352 people stranded have been relocated to safe areas. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)
A displaced villager makes a phone call to her relatives at a school served as a settlement site in Zhongxing Town, Dujiangyan, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 10, 2013. Two people have died and 21 others are missing after a rainstorm-triggered landslide in the village of Sanxi in Dujiangyan on Wednesday morning, local authorities said. As of 9:45 p.m., 352 people stranded have been relocated to safe areas. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)
