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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) 2 (jesse{at}weathermatrix.com)
Date: Fri Sep 05 2003 - 09:50:05 EDT
News story:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030904/wl_nm/weather_china_dc_2
Quote:
"Floods, landslides and the strongest typhoon to hit China in a quarter of
a century have killed at least 86 people and many others are still missing,
residents and provincial officials said on Thursday."
Also from the Chinese Meteorological Administration:
http://www.cma.gov.cn/ywwz/englishread.php?recid=25150
"In Northwest Chinas Shaanxi Province, which has been hit by a continuous
heavy rain, a total of 38 people have been reported dead and another 34
people have been missing since last Thursday.
The latest statistics released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs showed that
a total of 4.924 million people in Shaanxis 67 counties and districts were
hit by the disaster.
The second flood crest on Weihe River had passed Huayin County in eastern
Shaanxi yesterday. With the end of the continuous heavy rain, the water
level in the river started to drop down slowly.
The Weihe River, the Yellow Rivers largest tributary which crosses central
Shaanxi from west to east, witnessed historically high water levels caused
by heavy rain, and the embankments of the Weihe Rivers tributaries burst in
five places on Monday.
The latest statistics showed that some 46,000 houses and 318,000 hectares
of farmland were destroyed in the flood. The direct economic loss reached
3.02 billion yuan (US$363.8 million).
In Central Chinas Henan Province, 36 counties have suffered from the heavy
rains and the flooding it caused, the local Dahe Newspaper reported yesterday.
Ten people lost their lives in the flood and a total of 14.64 million
people were affected.
The flood had also ruined 1,189 hectares of farmland and damaged 38,000
houses by noon on Monday, causing a direct economic loss of 4.2 billion
yuan (US$506 million). "
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