Floods submerge villages in eastern China, govt splashes on relief efforts
Torrential rains continue to ravage parts of China with the Yangtze River and Pearl River basins and many other rivers recording threatening and dangerous water levels.
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00:00Torrential rains continue to ravage parts of China with the Yangtze River and Pearl
00:06River basins, and many other rivers recording threatening and dangerous water levels.
00:11The average rainfall in Huangshan City over the past nine days reached 580 mm, equivalent
00:18to the amount of water in 200 west lakes.
00:22Several villages next to the Xinan River in Anhui Province were submerged in floodwaters
00:28of up to 4 meters in depth on Friday.
00:31Some 58,000 people in Huangshan were evacuated to higher grounds and temporary relief centers.
00:40In Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, rescue personnel evacuated many residents stranded in their
00:45homes and business premises.
00:49From Wednesday to Thursday, water levels of 22 rivers in Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangxi and Zhejiang
00:55Provinces were reported to have exceeded dangerous levels.
00:59Authorities said another round of downpour is expected to lash the Yangtze River basin
01:04from Friday to next Tuesday, mainly affecting the lower reaches of the river.
01:09On Thursday, China's Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Emergency Management announced
01:14the disbursement of 496 million yuan, which was the latest tranche of natural disaster
01:20and relief funds for the affected provinces.
01:23In total, the government had allocated more than 2.3 billion yuan for the flood relief
01:27efforts that had begun more than two weeks ago.