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| Over 200,000 evacuated from Huaihe River areas |
| CCTV.COM 2003-07-07 12:07:49 |
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 Over 200,000 people have been evacuated from the areas designated for storing or diverting floodwater from the Huaihe River in east China's Anhui Province.
The Huaihe River has reached and, in some parts, even risen above the water level of the severe flood in 1991.
Anhui has opened six flood diversion areas in the province since the sluice gates of the Mengwa flood diversion area were opened to release floodwaters on July 3. About 34,000 people were evacuated from the six areas.
As rainstorms are forecast to hit the Huaihe Valley in the coming days, Anhui Province has prepared to use more flood diversion areas where another more than 180,000 people have been evacuated.
Some evacuees live with their relatives or friends and some in spare houses of schools or factories. The provincial government has allocated over 13 million yuan （1.57 million US dollars） and a large amount of relief goods including food, medicines and over 5,000 tents to the flood－hit areas.
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Editor: Hope Source:People's Daily
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