Severe Floods Hits Northeast China--1 Lakh People Evacuated
The heavy rains in North China over the weekend flooded the Yalu River, which separates China from North Korea, forcing the river to breach its banks, China’s state-run news media reported.
The most pressing task was to help the survivors get on with their lives, which meant providing enough food, clothing and medical care to them as well as sheltering the homeless. Preparations for the freezing winter also needed to be concentrated on, Xinhua quoted the prime minister as saying.
Wen ordered measures to be carried out to ensure no epidemic outbreaks and that the blocked river be drained quickly. He urged that schools resume in early September.
Wen also asked officials to keep close surveillance around the barrier lakes and geologically unstable areas.
