BEIJING, May 24 – Fatal flooding in China’s Chongqing municipality has claimed three lives while 17 individuals remain unaccounted for, according to reports from China’s state-run Xinhua news agency.
The casualty count was updated as of 2:30 pm (0630 GMT) on Sunday, following intense rainfall that struck Chongqing’s Yongchuan district beginning Saturday evening and continuing into the early morning hours of Sunday, Xinhua reported.
Emergency rescue operations are currently in progress.
China’s national planning agency has designated 20 million yuan ($2.94 million) from central government funds to support disaster recovery efforts and rebuild damaged infrastructure and public services in Chongqing, according to an announcement made Sunday on the National Development and Reform Commission’s official WeChat platform.
($1 = 6.7945 Chinese yuan renminbi)
