Flooding in Southern China

To begin my search, I started from my original country - China. In the beginning of June, China has faced the serious consequences of flooding in Southern China.The flooding have brought so many damages to China, such as house collapse and people missing. As of today, the problem of floods still has not solved.
In the USA Today, it says the floods started on May 31st 2010. Three days of heavy rain had begun the flooding in Southern China. The heavy amount of water had collapse the levee of the river. As the result the water had ran into the cities. Those cities included Guangxi, Yunan, Guizhou and Sichuan etc. In the beginning of June, the floods already had destroyed 11,000 homes.
According to the The New York Times reported, the Chinese government announced the flooding is the worst and most serious in a decade. I have heard so many floods in Southern China as I grow up in Guangzhou, Canton. This time I have to say, it is the worst one I have heard. The New York Times indicated this flooding has brought serious consequences to China on July 22nd 2010, “About 330,000 homes have been destroyed, and economic damage is estimated at $8.5 billion, Xinhua reported.”
Based on CNN, the news reported the Chinese government is claiming there are more than 700 people died and more than 300 people missing. It indicated more than 230 rivers were above the warning levels, and 25 of them have reached the higest levels ever. There are more than 100 cities flooded. The government has sent many of reinforcements to help the flooded cities.
I have read the BBC news in Chinese version, it reported China had a similar situation in 1998. There was a serious flood happened in the nearby regions. People judged the Chinese government did not fix the problem of the levee and the burst properly. However, the government said they had fixed everything in Jiujiang levee after the flood in August, 1998.
Last but not least, one of the Chinese convinced news sources Sina, it has reported the Chinese government is trying their best to save. There are at least 32,000,000 people suffer, 1,090,000 people lost their homes, and more than 100,000 house collapsed. The government says the total lost is more than 300 billion (yuan).



Work Cited
1) "China: Floods Kill Hundreds", The New York Times. Edward Wong.
2) "Thousands of homes flattened as more floods drench China", CNN. The CNN Wire Staff.
3) "Landslides, flooding kill 53 in southern China", USA Today.
4) "中国洪涝灾害受灾人口达一亿多人", BCC.
5) "中國南方水災增至118死47失蹤", Sina.