Torrential rains continue to fall in Hubei and Zhejiang. Floods are the strongest recorded since 1955. The army has evacuated hundreds of thousands of people. The drought in the center and north, east and flooding have caused loss of crops. They are afraid of repercussions on prices worldwide.

Beijing (AsiaNews / Agencies) - More than five million people are suffering from serious to disastrous floods in eastern China. Torrential rains continue to fall, and therefore large areas of Hubei and Zhejiang are under water, official sources said. Over one thousand factories have been destroyed by floods, and crops have been lost, growing them in an extraordinary way of taking the food.

The floods this year are the worst ever occurred in the country since 1955. Already 170 people have died or are missing as a result of the disaster. The government mobilized the army to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people from areas at risk of being flooded, and the alert level was raised to level four. The floods have created landslides that buried under mud homes and villages. Several people lost their lives as well.

The floods came after the drought had destroyed the agricultural production in central and northern Iraq. Some areas along the Yangtze have experienced the worst drought in a century. The situation of crops and food stocks is considered very serious by the authorities. Analysts think that the food shortage in China may have a relapse in the short term the price of wheat rice and other grains worldwide.

 

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