Storms leave 20,000 people cut off
2008-09-25 02:50:21 GMT2008-09-25 10:50:21 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English
People with their belongings flee their homes after a landslide caused by torrential rain in Leigu township, Beichuan counry of southwest China's Sichuan Province on Sept. 24, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
People flee their homes after a landslide caused by torrential rain in Leigu township, Beichuan counry of southwest China's Sichuan Province on Sept. 24, 2008. At least eight people were killed and 38 were missing amid heavy rain and ensuing disasters in Sichuan Province that was struggling to recover from the May 12 earthquake. (Xinhua Photo)
People with their belongings flee their homes after a landslide caused by torrential rain in Leigu township, Beichuan counry of southwest China's Sichuan Province on Sept. 24, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
Man with a TV set flees his home after a landslide caused by torrential rain in Leigu township, Beichuan counry of southwest China's Sichuan Province on Sept. 24, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
People with their belongings flee their homes after a landslide caused by torrential rain in Leigu township, Beichuan counry of southwest China's Sichuan Province on Sept. 24, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
JIANGYOU, Sichuan Province, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Torrential rains have cut all contacts with more than 20,000 people in five towns in the area of southwest China's Sichuan Province still recovering from the May 12 earthquake.
A Jiangyou municipal government official said on Thursday the government was concerned about the safety of the residents roads and telephone lines were cut.
He said crops were damaged and walls collapsed in the rainstorms.
At least eight people had been killed and 38 were missing as of Wednesday afternoon in the heavy rains and ensuing disasters, including flash floods, cave-ins and landslides, in the province.
