06 August,2009 01:33 PM IST | | AFP
At least 10 people have been killed this week and one remains missing in rain-induced floods in southwest China's Chongqing, a major municipality on the banks of the Yangtze, state media said today.
The flooding, which is expected to become the worst on this section of the Yangtze since 2004, has also forced the evacuation of 123,000 people, the China Daily reported, citing the civil affairs ministry. Ten thousand houses in the area have been toppled, while 16,000 others have been damaged, according to the report.
The government yesterday issued an alert urging intensified efforts to fight flooding along the Yangtze, China's largest river, the paper said.
Torrential rain and landslides have killed at least 66 people and left another 66 missing in south and central China since the beginning of June, state media reported last week.
