China: Floods Swamp Three-Fourths of Country

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | August 4th, 2010 | Trackback

Devastating floods have killed more than 1,000 people since June, affecting three quarters of China’s provinces and disrupting train, air and road travel. The provinces most severely affected are Shaanxi, Sichuan, Henan and Jilin. Giant mounds of debris flushed along with the floods were threatening two dams, one in northeastern Jilin province and the other the huge Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze in the southwest. More damage and travel disruption could occur if rains persist, which they were forecast to do.

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