A total of 877 residents were evacuated from their homes on
Saturday in Wuzhou, a city on Xijiang River, a main tributary of
Pearl River, bringing the number of evacuees from the city's
flood-inflicted areas to 100,000.
All the evacuees are living in local schools or temporarily
built shelters on highland, according to information from the
Wuzhou City Government in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Wuzhou was hit by rainstorms last Thursday, which triggered
landslides, mud flows and flash floods in the city, leaving 14
people dead and 27 others injured.
The natural disasters also destroyed more than 6,704 houses and
many infrastructure facilities in the city, resulting in traffic
suspension in some parts of the city.
A local meteorological forecast showed there will be more
torrential rains on forthcoming Wednesday.
(Xinhua News Agency June 11, 2006)