Three rains to sweep quake-jolted SW China in 7 days, likely to trigger geological disasters
13/5/2008 16:47
Three rains are forecast to sweep earthquake-hit southwest China's
Sichuan, southern part of Gansu and Shaanxi provinces and Chongqing Municipality
in the next seven days, the China Meteorological Administration today.
Light
and moderate rain would hit much of the regions today and tomorrow. The southern
part of Sichuan jolted severely in the earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter
scale yesterday was likely to see heavy rainfalls and even thunderstorms,
possibly increasing difficulties of the disaster relief work, said the national
meteorological observatory.
The latest weather report added that another two
moderate showers were forecast in the regions on Saturday and next
yesterday.
Yang Guiming, chief forecaster of the Central Meteorological
Station (CMS) warned that lingering rains and thunderstorms may trigger
geological disasters like landslides as rocks and the earth were pretty loose
after the earthquake.
According to latest data released by the Ministry of
Civil Affairs, the 7.8-magnitude quake has killed 9,219 people in eight affected
provinces and municipality of Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Shanxi, Guizhou,
Hubei and Chongqing. The quake, which jolted Wenchuan County of Sichuan at 2:28
p.m. yesterday, has also leveled some 500,000 rooms in the affected
areas.
Xinhua
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