China's abnormal weather has led to various disasters. Some areas have encountered the heaviest floods in years, others are experiencing serious droughts that may lead to heavy crop shortfalls. China's natural disasters have also claimed the lives of hundreds of people.
According to an August 11 newswire from Taipei's Central News Agency, a large forest fire began on July 28 in the northern part of the Chinese Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Chinese government gathered 5,984 policemen, forest rangers, and forest workers to clean up the area. However, according to Xinhua News Agency, the effort of cleaning up and preventing the fire from re-kindling is still extremely difficult. In addition, six people were killed and two were seriously injured in a large-scale landslide which occurred at 5 a.m. on August 10 close to Puer County, Yunnan Province.
Source:
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2002/8/20/25510.html
Translated on 8/15/2002
Chinese version available at:
http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2002/8/12/34702.html
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