Heavy rain hits south and east China

Passengers look out from the windows of a bus as they travel through a flooded street in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province June 11, 2008. Heavy rain hit south and east China on Wednesday. [Agencies]

Women and children are evacuated to safe places by ferry in Leping city in South China's Jiangxi Province, June 11, 2008. Consecutive rainstorms have paralyzed local tranportation, power supply and communication networks and trapped thousands of residents the government is trying to relocate. [Xinhua]

A woman is pulled onto shore by three policemen in Xiuning county in East China's Anhui Province, June 10, 2008. Consecutive rainstorms have paralyzed local tranportation, power supply and communication networks and trapped thousands of residents the government is trying to relocate. [Xinhua]

Langkou reservoir in Xiuning county, East China's Anhui Province, empties water out of the dam to ease the threat of the bank bursting after days of rainfall, June 10, 2008. Consecutive rainstorms have paralyzed local tranportation, power supply and communication networks and trapped thousands of residents the government is trying to relocate. [Xinhua]