A resident climbs a ladder along a flood street in the township of Yuecheng in Deqing county, west of Guangdong Province, June 18, 2008. Heavy rain and floods have claimed 169 lives in South China, and the forecast for the north is not bright either, with the government warning of serious flooding in the Yellow River, China Daily reported.
A resident rows a boat along a flooded street in the township of Yuecheng in Deqing county, west of Guangdong Province, June 18, 2008. Heavy rain and floods have claimed 169 lives in South China, and the forecast for the north is not bright either, with the government warning of serious flooding in the Yellow River, China Daily reported.
Residents row boats along a flooded street in the township of Yuecheng in Deqing county, west of Guangdong Province, June 18, 2008. China has posted hundreds of rescue personnel to shore up dams threatening to burst in southern mountainous areas under torrential rain that has already flooded 9,000 square miles of crops and homes.
A man rows a boat at a flooded temple in Zhaoqing, Guangdong province June 18, 2008. The rain and floods, concentrated in the south and the industrial hub of Guangdong, have killed at least 171 people and left 52 missing since the start of the annual flood season and forecasters have warned of more downpours in coming days.
A resident rows a boat in a flooded street in Foshan, Guangdong province June 17, 2008. China's far-southern industrial hub braced on Tuesday for floods that have killed 169 across the region, adding to the toll of natural disasters that have pummelled the nation in the lead-up to the Beijing Olympics.
A resident climbs a ladder into his flooded home in the township of Yuecheng in Deqing, west of Guangdong Province, June 18, 2008. Heavy rain and floods have claimed 169 lives in South China, and the forecast for the north is not bright either, with the government warning of serious flooding in the Yellow River, China Daily reported.
Children play on a flooded basketball ground in the township of Yuecheng in Deqing, west of Guangdong province, June 18, 2008. Heavy rain and floods have claimed 169 lives in South China, and the forecast for the north is not bright either, with the government warning of serious flooding in the Yellow River, China Daily reported.
Children are seen in a boat near a flooded basketball court in the township of Yuecheng in Deqing county, west of Guangdong Province, June 18, 2008. Heavy rain and floods have claimed 169 lives in South China, and the forecast for the north is not bright either, with the government warning of serious flooding in the Yellow River, China Daily reported.
A farmer is seen standing in his flooded cropland at a village in Deqing county, west of Guangdong Province, June 18, 2008. Heavy rain and floods have claimed 169 lives in South China, and the forecast for the north is not bright either, with the government warning of serious flooding in the Yellow River, China Daily reported.
