Days of heavy rain have driven up the water level of last week's major flood, threatening thousands of people in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, local officials said on Tuesday.
As of Tuesday, about 7,000 people had been evacuated without casualties in Longtou Village, Yizhou City, Guangxi, said Lu Zhanhong, deputy director of public relations of the Yizhou municipal government.
There was a break in the rain on Tuesday, but the water level of the flood, which burst out on June 12 and submerged parts of the village, had risen 1.7 meters as of 8 a.m. on Monday. The deepest point had reached 8.7 meters, Lu said.
The flood, which has affected 15,000 people, has forced evacuations and other emergency situations, while transportation has been shut off by mud-rock flows.
Continuous downpours had threatened a reservoir with a capacity of 1.8 million cubic meters, which forced the evacuation of 3,000 people downstream on Sunday. All 3,000 have been relocated but their food and shelter needs could not be guaranteed, Lu said.
Five other reservoirs in the mountains had been reported in danger of bursting, which would flood the village government, Lu said.
Source: Xinhua
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