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Report: Record Storms Kills 152 in China

Sunday, July 22, 2007 3:19:35 AM

 Chinese residents look at their home, affected by floods in Chongqing, western China, Thursday, July 19, 2007. Record rainfall this week has triggered floods, landslides and mud flows that have killed at least 82 people in China and forced the evacuation of hundreds of thousands, state media said Saturday, July 21, 2007.  Floods, a perennial problem in China, have killed several hundred people so far this year, and has led to the evacuation of millions.  (AP Photo/EyePress) CHINA OUT BEIJING (AP) - Record rainfall this week triggered floods, landslides and mud flows that killed 152 people in China and forced the evacuation of hundreds of thousands, state media reported Sunday.

Since the start of the annual rainy season in June, floods have hit nearly half of China's regions and killed at least 400 people, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

Worst-hit this week was southern China's Yunnan province, where rain triggered floods and landslides from Wednesday to Saturday.


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