Chinese residents take stock of losses after floods
Fourteen people were reported to have died over the weekend in the Chinese city of Shulan. They're just the latest deaths after northern China was hit by record breaking rains and flooding caused by Typhoon Doksuri. - REUTERS
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00:00 In the flood-ravaged Chinese city of Zhejiang, local residents are returning home to take
00:06 stock of the damage done to their homes and livelihoods.
00:11 Li Yujie owns a hardware store in the area. She returned home to find her shop inundated
00:17 by mud and debris, rendering most of her stock unsellable.
00:24 She says she feels overwhelmed and that it's going to be impossible to clean up.
00:29 Nearby, this local resident described a similar scene at his home.
00:34 "As soon as I entered the house, there was over a foot of mud. All the furniture was
00:40 ruined, completely soaked by flood water. I estimated the water level to be as high
00:44 as me, five foot nine. That's how high the water was inside the house. The yard is filled
00:50 with a terrible stench, and along the way houses have collapsed."
00:55 North-eastern China, Beijing and Hebei province have seen heavy rainfall and floods since
01:01 Typhoon Dok Zhori made landfall in southern China two weeks ago.
01:05 Fourteen people were reported to have died over the weekend in the Chinese city of Shulan.
01:11 State media showed footage of the city completely inundated in flood water. Supplies were being
01:16 delivered to residents via helicopter, and desperate residents were being carried to
01:21 safety on the backs of emergency workers.
01:24 The deaths in Shulan in north-eastern Jilin province add to the more than 20 who died
01:29 last week in Beijing and Hebei.
01:32 Authorities have yet to provide an overall death toll for the entire country, but the
01:36 record-breaking rains have disrupted the lives of millions.
01:40 China on Sunday allocated an additional $48.8 million to support rescues and house repairs
01:48 in the flood-hit regions.
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