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Hundreds trapped in Chinese floods
CHONGQING, China, Emergency workers Sunday were trying to rescue more than 300 people trapped by floodwaters that inundated southwest China, authorities said.
No injuries were reported.
About 250 people who had been trapped were rescued by Sunday morning from the fast-rising waters that forced the evacuation of 12,300 others, destroyed 128 houses and caused $2 million in property damage in Chongqing Municipality's Tongnan County, Xinhua reported.
As the search continued for those still trapped, authorities were continuing to look for shelter for people displaced by the flooding.
Tongnan County officials said villages including townships Chongkan, Tai'an and Baizi had been flooded since Saturday night. The floods knocked out communications and roads in Chongkan Township.
Heavy rains raised the level of the Qiongjiang River Tongnan 19 feet in four hours, officials said.
CHONGQING, China, Emergency workers Sunday were trying to rescue more than 300 people trapped by floodwaters that inundated southwest China, authorities said.
No injuries were reported.
About 250 people who had been trapped were rescued by Sunday morning from the fast-rising waters that forced the evacuation of 12,300 others, destroyed 128 houses and caused $2 million in property damage in Chongqing Municipality's Tongnan County, Xinhua reported.
As the search continued for those still trapped, authorities were continuing to look for shelter for people displaced by the flooding.
Tongnan County officials said villages including townships Chongkan, Tai'an and Baizi had been flooded since Saturday night. The floods knocked out communications and roads in Chongkan Township.
Heavy rains raised the level of the Qiongjiang River Tongnan 19 feet in four hours, officials said.
