The death toll from last Friday's devastating floods and mountain torrents in Shalan Town, northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, rose to 106 as of yesterday.
The victims included 102 pupils from the Shalan Central Primary School. Three people are still missing.
More than 2,600 soldiers were mobilized for the rescue operation, and 26 students were rescued.
A truckload of medicine and medical apparatus and instruments worth 500,000 yuan (US$60,000), a sum raised by the provincial health department, were sent to the disaster-hit area yesterday.
The medicine and medical devices were donated by the provincial disease prevention and control center and major hospitals to alleviate the shortage of medical stuff in Shalan Town.
The Mudanjiang City government and People's Liberation Army soldiers and officers stationed in the area donated 100,000 yuan and 100,000 yuan worth of relief goods to the flood-affected township.
Students resumed classes last Monday in a nearby middle school and the local flood control and disaster relief headquarters said the reconstruction of the demolished primary school will begin next Monday.
Meanwhile, provincial meteorological bureau heads across China convened in Beijing yesterday to discuss measures to cope with increasing flood and drought across the country.
Qin Dahe, head of China Meteorological Administration, said the two rain belts will slash both the rainy south and the relatively arid north. The flood season will likely cause severe drought as well as flooding, both of which will result in a bad harvest.
Meteorological observatories across the country should work to provide timely and accurate weather information for the public, especially near reservoirs, big rivers and lakes, Qin said.
China has received more than average rainfall beginning in May. Southern China began its flood season earlier than the previous years. Some parts of the country, including middle Hunan, middle Jiangxi and northern Guizhou provinces, received about 90 to 150 percent more rain than in the previous years, Qin said.
About 300 counties across 20 provinces have been hit by rainstorms, hail and lightning since May. Meanwhile, frost and snowstorms plagued northwestern China.
Though most parts in the south are soaked in rain, Yunnan and Hainan provinces have been experiencing drought.
China's flood season usually lasts from June to August.