88 Killed and 48 Missing in Flood Disaster in China

Shanghai - Floods and landslides in southern China has killed at least 88 people. Not only that, 48 people were reported missing within a week.

As quoted by Reuters news agency Xinhua, Saturday (19/06/2010), heavy rains triggered flash floods, soak the plant, disrupting traffic and telecommunications. China's Ministry of Civil Affairs says floods forced pengevakuasian 757 000 people.

Department of Disaster Assistance to increase the level of emergency response after a flood mengahantam China. Authority also estimates that more heavy rain will fall in the next few days.

The worst floods experienced by the province of Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Sichuan and Guizhou, and Guangxi autonomous regions. Economic losses from floods are U.S. $ 1.47 billion.

Flooding is quite surprising. Therefore, only a few months ago, the southwestern part of China suffered the worst drought in the last century.