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(Source: China Daily)
Photo taken on June 7, 2011 shows a water-flooded construction site in Wangmo County of southwest China's Guizhou Province,louboutin, June 7, 2011. Rain-triggered flood hit Wangmo County on Monday, causing 21 people dead and 31 missing. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)
Cao Zeying, Principal of Wangmo Second Primary School, points at the flooded playground of her school in Wangmo County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 7,abercrombie france, 2011. Rain-triggered floods hit Wangmo County on Monday. About 6,000 students from four schools had to stay at home Tuesday as their schools were rendered inaccessible by water. (Xinhua/Shi Xinrong)
Editor: Mo Hong'eIn Hunan province,abercrombie and fitch, floods, caused by heavy rain since the start of June,frankin marshall, affected about 1.38 million people in five cities and autonomous prefectures.
Economic losses amounted to 1.34 billion yuan ($206 million).
Some 45,000 residents in Wangmo county, one of the worst-hit areas, have been evacuated since floods swamped the area on Monday, Tang Quanshu, from the county's flood prevention office, said.
"We will do our best to ensure that all students are able to take the exam," Tu Zhangyou, deputy head of the county, said.
The National Meteorological Center forecast that rain would continue in the drought-afflicted middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River for the next week, which may lead to severe flooding.
The local government provided free meals to students, he said.
Rescuers gather for the disaster relief in Wangmo County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 7, 2011. Rain-triggered flood hit Wangmo County on Monday, causing 21 people dead and 31 missing. (Xinhua/Liu Jiyong)
Floods had so far hit 11 cities and counties across Guizhou, affecting more than 270,000 people,abercrombie, the provincial civil affairs bureau said.
Soldiers clear water in a flood-stricken school in Wangmo County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 7,piumini moncler, 2011. Rain-triggered flood hit Wangmo County on Monday, causing 21 people dead and 31 missing. (Xinhua/Liu Jiyong)
Hundreds of tents had been distributed and hundreds more were on the way.
Photo taken on June 7, 2011 shows the flooded school yard of a primary school in Wangmo County of southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 7, 2011. Rain-triggered flood hit Wangmo County on Monday, causing 21 people dead and 31 missing. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)
BEIJING, June 8 (Xinhuanet) -- Floods killed 21 people and left at least 31 others missing in Guizhou Province as authorities upgraded the emergency response to Level 3 from Level 4 on Tuesday.
Torrential downpours are also expected to hit the eastern provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangxi.
He added that more than 900 families had been sheltered in tents.
About 1,louboutin,000 soldiers, armed police officers and militiamen had been dispatched to the county to help with relief efforts, Li Zechun, an official at the local publicity department,abercrombie and fitch, told China Daily.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs said it raised the emergency level and dispatched vice-minister Jiang Li to lead a working team on behalf of the State Council, or Cabinet, to gauge the extent of the disaster and oversee relief efforts.
Soldiers clear the ground of a flood-stricken school in Wangmo County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 7,moncler pas cher, 2011. Rain-triggered floods hit Wangmo County on Monday. About 6,000 students from four schools had to stay at home Tuesday as their schools were rendered inaccessible by water. (Xinhua/Shi Xinrong)
Yang Bofu, a local student, said he and other students were moved to a hotel after his rented apartment was flooded.
Soldiers clear a flood-stricken school in Wangmo County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 7, 2011. Rain-triggered flood hit Wangmo County on Monday, causing 21 people dead and 31 missing. (Xinhua/Liu Jiyong)
People clean up the debris on the flooded street in Wangmo County of southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 7, 2011. Rain-triggered flood hit Wangmo County on Monday, causing 21 people dead and 31 missing. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)
Despite the flooding, students from Wangmo sat the national college entrance examination on Tuesday. Among the 902 students registered for the examination, 900 took part, Li said.
Photo taken on June 7, 2011 shows the interior view of a flood-destroyed car in Wangmo County of southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 7, 2011. Rain-triggered flood hit Wangmo County on Monday,abercrombie, causing 21 people dead and 31 missing. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)
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Flooding had caused the collapse of 300 houses and left 2,400 submerged, while 5,500 hectares of farmland were under water, Tang added.
People remove a destroyed car from the flooded street in Wangmo County of southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 7, 2011. Rain-triggered flood hit Wangmo County on Monday, causing 21 people dead and 31 missing. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)
The economic cost was estimated at 587 million yuan, a report released on Tuesday by the provincial drought relief and flood control office said.
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