May 21: "Flood water runs down a river in Chenzhou city, south China's Hunan province, May 20, 2009 after heavy rain swept across provinces in south China for the second day. Agricultural crops in some rural areas were flood by the unexpected summer flood.""Heavy rain has fallen into some regions of southern China, triggering floods and threatening agriculture production. Local authorities have raised the alert level.Heavy downpours hit Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in South China, cutting transport links and flooding local homes. Local authorities upgraded the alert level to red, the highest. In Guangdong province, heavy rains and stormy weather cut the power supply and ruined houses and farmland.The rain has also caused flooding in provinces along the Yangtze river. Local authorities in Hunan have evacuated people into safer areas. Weather forecasters say the heavy rain will linger over southern China until Wednesday Reference: http://ping.fm/aNQXg
-- Posted By Breaking News to BN at 5/28/2009 05:55:00 PM
