Flood claim 57 lives as rain wreak havoc in China

Monsoon season has approached Asia, with an enormous force this September. During the past weekend flooding and landslides has killed 57 people in northern China there are 14 people still missing. The National Disaster Reduction teams are trying to help evacuate millions of people in the northern and southern parts of China. In Sichua(pronounced see-chua) central area of China has not had a flood this destructive since 1847.The landslide has killed 14 people in central China 18 people are still missing.Thousands are still stranded and separated from family.It is so deplorable and devastating that thousands of people are without food and shelter.It seems as thought they were not prepared for monsoon season to cause so much damage this year. According to the civil affair authorities the numbers of deaths and missing is still rising. Hopefully monsoon season will not be as destructive to Korea and Japan.

Sources:

Zhiling, Huang, and An Baijie. "Flood claim 57 lives as rain wreaks havoc in china." China Daily 20 Sep.2011. n. pag. Web. 20 Sep. 2011. http://www.asianewsnet.net/.

"14,killed, 18 missing after landslide in central China." sep. 20 2011. international n. pag. Web. 20 Sep. 2011. http://edition.cnn.com/.

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