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Death Toll in Chinese Floods Rises Above 1,000

   VOA News 04 August 2010
   Chinese  workers  pick  up  waste swept by flood waters near the Three
   Gorges  Dam at the Yangtze River in Yichang in China's Hubei province,
   01 Aug 2010

Photo: AP

   Chinese  workers  pick  up  waste swept by flood waters near the Three
   Gorges  Dam at the Yangtze River in Yichang in China's Hubei province,
   01 Aug 2010

   The death toll from weeks of flooding and mudslides in China has risen
   above 1,000.

   Officials  said Wednesday that 1,072 people have been recorded as dead
   and  more  than  600  are missing. Twenty-eight provinces and some 140
   million people have been affected by the flooding.

   New concern is focused on the two rivers that form China's border with
   North  Korea, where the Xinhua state news agency says water levels are
   at dangerous levels. Flooding on the Yalu and Tumen rivers could bring
   devastation to impoverished North Korea.

   Flooding  in China's Jilin border province has already killed at least
   74  people  and  forced the evacuation of close to 800,000. No reports
   are available on the impact in isolated North Korea.

   Chinese   Premier  Wen  Jiabao  visited  affected  areas  Tuesday  and
   Wednesday in Jilin, which is home to a large ethnic Korean community.

   Chinese  officials  say  this  has  been  one  of  the worst years for
   flooding in the last 100 years. Economic losses have been estimated at
   more than $30 billion, according to Xinhua, with more rain predicted.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP.

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