Over 700 thousand people affected by floods in eastern China
Almaty. June 25. Silkroadnews - Over 700 thousand people were affected by floods in eastern China, Xinhua news agency reported.
"Continuous heavy rains in several districts of Zhejiang Province (East China) led to a rapid rise of water level in rivers and reservoirs, as a result many villages have been flooded. Flood affected to varying degrees, total suffered more than 700 thousand people," - said in a statement on Wednesday.
Torrential rains led to flooding on 33,870 hectares of agricultural land, including the area of 2720 hectares completely destroyed crops, grain yield decreased by 71.3 thousand tons, damage of industrial crops valued at more than 187.7 million yuan (U.S. $1 = 6.15 yuan), killed 460 head of cattle, 90 companies are forced to suspend production, damaged some roads, dams, communication lines and power lines.
Local Weather Service predicts continuing heavy rains in the coming week, the total amount of precipitation reaches 120-200 mm, in some counties - up to 300 mm. In this case, since June 25 rain gradually moves to north. After June 26 the weather will be more cloudy in the north and in the center of Zhejiang Province.
