Yangtze dam on alert as floods kill dozens
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Boats have become a necessary means of transport in the flooded streets of Quxian, north-east of Sichuan province. Picture:Reuters.
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A sudden flood surge on a river in China swept an overcrowded bus full of young students and farmers into a river, killing three people and leaving 41 missing, state media said on Sunday.
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BEIJING -- At least 143 people in southwestern China have been killed and dozens more are missing in massive floods and landslides triggered by torrential summer rains, officials and state television reported yesterday.
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More than 100 people have died in  floods and landslides in China where dykes protecting a swollen  river in the east, which has already prompted tens of thousands  to flee their homes, are in danger of being breached.
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Torrential floods in south-west China have claimed at least 76 lives, while mudslides and collapsed roads have trapped hundreds more, Chinese state media reported today.
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China flooded dozens of evacuated  villages on Tuesday to ease pressure from a swollen river after  torrential rains that have killed more than 100 people  nationwide.
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The Great Sheffield Flood kills 270 people after the Dale Dyke Dam bursts while its reservoir is being filled. Compiled by Tony Long.
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At least 143 people have died in China in flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains, the official Xinhua new agency reports.
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China&#39;s Sichuan province faced the threat of epidemics yesterday after the worst flooding in a century killed at least 172 people and
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A massive floodcrest passed safely through the Three Gorges Dam on China&#39;s Yangtze River on Thursday as devastated communities upstream cleaned up from floods that killed at least 177 people and injured thousands.
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HONG KONG, Sept. 8, 2004âSouthwest China braces for more floods after deadly storms killed scores of people and forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate.
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At least 25 people have been killed after a dam burst and washed away a number of villages in southwestern Pakistan.
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At least 43 people were killed and more than 400 are missing in a remote area of southwestern Pakistan after heavy rains caused a large dam to burst, sweeping villagers into the Arabian Sea, officials said Friday.
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More than 100 people have died in floods and landslides in China, and tens of thousands have fled their homes in the east, where dykes are in danger of being breached by a swollen river.
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At least 64 people are now known to have died as a result of torrential rain in south-western China.
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Water release eases drinking water shortages in SW China city    WUHAN, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Three hydropower dams on a major tributary of the Yangtze River have been ordered to discharge water to help drought-stricken residents in southwest China's Chongqing municipality.
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About 40 people were feared dead in flooding from a dam collapse in northwest Nigeria, state radio said Sunday.