Floods kill at least 14, leave scores missing
(AFP)
Updated: 2005-08-17 07:07

In the city of Danjiangkou in the central province of Hubei, rainstorms and flash floods that started Sunday killed three people and left three others missing, according to officials quoted by Xinhua.

More than 2,500 people trapped by the flood had been relocated, it said.

The International Red Cross said Friday that floods and related disasters have killed 910 people in China so far this year and left another 218 missing, while almost three million people have been evacuated.

Since the end of May floods, typhoons and other disasters have hit 27 of Chinas 31 mainland provinces, accounting for most of the deaths.

Floods have always been part of life in China but this year they have been more devastating than usual.

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