Red Cross Society of China responds to floods in south | WPN World People News

To deal with the flooding in some south provinces, Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) on 7th June allocated 1000 quilts and 500 family health kit to southwest Guizhou Province, 580 family health kit and 600 boxes of disinfectant to Hunan Province. All of those relief goods were shipped from DP center in Hunan Province for supporting local Red Cross relief operation.

According to Guizhou provincial RC, some relief supplies worth 110,000 yuan including rice, edible oil and tents are on the way to flood-hit area of Wangmo county in the Province.

Meanwhile, an ERU sent by provincial RC and a relief team composed of volunteers have started to affected area to assess floods situation and carry out relief operation.

Floods killed 21 people and left at least 31 others missing in Guizhou province as authorities upgraded the emergency response to Level 3 from Level 4 on Tuesday.

Some 45,000 residents in Wangmo county, one of the worst-hit areas, have been evacuated since floods swamped the area on Monday, Tang Quanshu, from the county's flood prevention office,said.

Flooding had caused the collapse of 300 houses and left 2,400 submerged, while 5,500 hectares offarmland were under water, Tang added.

Economic losses amounted to 1.34 billion yuan ($206 million), according to Xinhua.

Source: Relief Web