Rain Batters China; 250,000 Evacuated in Flood

Flooding of the Yalu River long the China-North Korea border has killed four and forced the evacuation of a quarter of a million people. From AP:

Heavy rains over the last several days caused the Yalu river, which marks the border, to breach its banks, although the water level had started to fall late Sunday, the official Xinhua News Agency state media said Monday.

It said four people died, including a couple in their 70s and a mother and son, after their homes in Dandong were swept away by flash floods. Xinhua said 253,500 residents have been evacuated after the Yalu rose to its highest level in a decade.

An official with the Water Resources Department in Liaoning province, where Dandong is located, confirmed that four people had died though he was unable to provide details. He refused to give his name because he was not authorized to speak with the media.

See also a report from the New York Times which includes this video report:

Read more about this year’s devastating floods in China via CDT.

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