Mega Floods, Mega Droughts leave China in Chaos

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

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Perilous Times and Global Warming

Mega Floods, Mega Droughts leave China in Chaos*

07/09/2007 01:54 Source: AP ©

Mega Floods and landslides caused by heavy rains have killed at least 94
people and left 25 others missing in seven Chinese provinces.

Xinhua News Agency said about half a million people had been evacuated
in Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan and Shaanxi provinces and the
city of Chongqing.

It said more than 49,000 houses had been destroyed and another 240,000
damaged as a result of torrential rains in the worst-hit Sichuan and
Shaanxi provinces over the past week.

Overall, total direct economic losses could reach 3.83 billion yuan
(US$500 million), Xinhua said.

Further rainstorms are forecast for parts of eastern Sichuan in the
coming week, the report said.

Flooding is a perpetual problem in China, with floods this year killing
more than 200 people, destroying 118,500 homes and touching the lives of
more than 42 million people, according to the national flood control office.

At the same time, Mega droughts in the north of the country have left at
least 7.4 million people short of drinking water, Xinhua said