Beijing, Oct 15: Flash floods triggered by heavy rains have hit about 350,000 people living along China's Yellow and Huaihe River valleys, an official report said here today. The sudden rain over the weekend has affected about 260,000 people in Zibo of Shandong province in east China where some houses have collapsed and widespread crop damage.
China Daily, quoting experts said the flood situation along the lower reaches of the yellow river will not ease for another month.
The continuous rainfall along the Yellow River has caused dykes to collapse in the Lankao section of the river in central China's Henan province. About 247 square km of land in neighbouring Shandong province have been flooded because of breaks in the dyke system.
The flood has left about 96,800 people stranded but no death has been reported so far.
Apart from Shandong and Henan, people in Shaanxi province through which the middle reaches of the Yellow River flow, have been fighting floods since August. At least 23 people died when their houses collapsed during five days of torrential rain in the province last week.
Last month, the worst rains in 40 years in the normally dry province killed dozens of people and forced half a million others to flee their homes.
Bureau Report