46 Dead in Floods in S.China, Millions Affected

南方暴雨致灾

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自周日起，中国南部地区遭受强降雨袭击，截至周四上午10点已造成46人死亡、50人失踪，并影响了数百万居民的生活。洪水及山体滑坡导致福建、广东、湖南、江西、广西和四川等六个省级行政区内的74个县级城市出现人员伤亡和经济损失。据民政部报告，超过256万人受到影响，约23.8万人被迫撤离家园，超过3.3万间房屋倒塌或受损。

The heavy rains that began pounding southern China regions Sunday had as of 10:00 a.m. Thursday left 46 dead, 50 missing and millions of local residents affected, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said.

Flash floods and landslides caused by the heavy rains have brought about casualties and economic loss in 74 county-level cities in six southern provincial-level regions, including Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangxi and Sichuan, the ministry said in a notice on its website Thursday.

More than 2.56 million people had been affected and about 238,000 had been evacuated from their homes, the notice said, adding that more than 33,000 homes had collapsed or been damaged.

The rains and ensuing floods and landslides had caused direct economic losses of 2.72 billion yuan (about 398 million US dollars) with about 126,700 hectares of crops affected, of which 14,500 hectares had been destroyed.

The ministry and the Chinese National Committee for Disaster Reduction Tuesday initiated a level-IV emergency response plan, dispatching work teams to guide the relief work in the three worst-hit regions - Fujian, Guangxi and Sichuan.

According to the ministry's working regulations on emergency response issued last year, emergency response plans should be initiated to help with natural-disaster relief work across the country.

The National Meteorological Center issued a rainstorm alert on Wednesday as more rain is expected to hit southern China over coming days.