Death toll in China flooding rises as nation braces for more
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The death toll from fierce rain storms and flooding in China continued to rise Saturday as the government scrambled to step up relief and prevention efforts, state press reported.
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BEIJING, China -- Torrential floods in southwest China have killed as many as 100 people prompting officials to call in the military to help rescue scores of people and locate dozens of missing.
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Rescuers were battling to reach thousands of people trapped by floods and mudslides in southwest China as the death toll from some of the worst storms in years rose to 105 with another 83 missing.
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The death toll from floods unleashed by Tropical Storm Jeanne rose sharply to nearly 2,000 people, with many still missing, as officials said they found hundreds more bodies in Haiti's devastated northwestern region.
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Floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains in southern China have killed at least 66 people, left 12 others missing and forced nearly 600,000 from their homes, state media reported Sunday.
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SHANGHAI, China -- The death toll from Typhoon Aere climbed to 35 on Thursday after a mudslide killed 15 villagers in Taiwan, while nearly a million people were evacuated as the storm thrashed mainland China.
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The death toll in China from Tropical Storm Bilis has risen to 198, official media said, with 140 people still missing and heavy rain continued to pound the south of the country.
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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 southwest China have claimed at least 64 lives, prompting the beleaguered local government to seek help Monday from the military in rescuing hundreds trapped by mudslides and caved-in roads, state media reported.
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Flooding and landslides set off by heavy rains have killed 55 people and left 52 missing in China's southwestern province of Sichuan, state media said on Monday.
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Heavy rain across China has killed  another five people and prevented half a million residents  displaced by a swollen river for days from returning home,  state media said on Tuesday.
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At least 21 people are killed by flash floods and mudslides in south-western China, reports say.
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Severe weather in several parts of China has killed more than 100 people in the past week, state media say.
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Floods unleashed by torrential rains have killed at least 100 people and left dozens more missing in southwestern China, prompting authorities to put the massive Three Gorges hydroelectric project on alert, officials reported Tuesday
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More than 20 people have died in massive flooding around the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, according to a government statement Wednesday, which warned of further possible deaths.
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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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Vietnam's death toll from Typhoon Xangsane has risen to 59 as floods triggered by heavy rains submerged tens of thousands of homes, disaster officials said Wednesday.