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China on Wednesday allocated a total of
615 million yuan (about 87.6 million U.S. dollars) for disaster relief
in regions hit by floods, the Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM)
said. The funds, allocated by the
Ministry of Finance and the MEM, were channeled to Anhui, Jiangxi,
Hubei, Guangxi, Chongqing and Guizhou, with 430 million yuan to be used
for flood control. The remaining 185 million yuan will be used to help people affected by the disasters. China's
State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters upgraded the
emergency response for flood control from level IV to level III on
Tuesday, as incessant downpours continued to wreak havoc across vast
stretches of the country. Since
June, continuous downpours have lashed large parts of southern China,
and the waters of many rivers in the affected regions have exceeded
warning levels.
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