Two traffic assistants work in heavy rain in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province, Oct. 16, 2010. The local meteorologic department has issued red alert of heavy rain for four cities and counties while orange alert for eight cities and counties in Hainan Saturday. (Xinhua/Xia Guannan)
HAIKOU, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- A new round of storms has been pounding south China' s island province of Hainan since Thursday, raising water levels in the province' s 500 reservoirs and major rivers to dangerous points, local officials said Saturday.
Hainan was ravaged by heavy rains early this month, forcing more than 440,000 residents to be evacuated.
In most of Hainan' s cities and counties, rainfall during the past 30 hours exceeded 100 millimeters, local meteorological officials said.
Devastating floods were reported throughout the province, said Yang Yunxian, head of the provincial disaster relief authority. Also, water at Hainan' s two major rivers, Nandu river and Wanquan river, has risen to dangerous levels.
Local weather forecasters said heavy rains would last for two more days.Authorities have ordered strengthened efforts to protect the reservoirs and to act to reduce damages from flooding.
Source: Xinhua
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