BEIJING: Eight people were killed and over 1,000 students were trapped in floods after rainstorms in several areas in China triggered by Typhoon Haiyan.
Two people have died and four remain missing after a boat capsized in a reservoir in central China’s Hunan Province early on Tuesday.
The boat with ten people aboard capsized in Sanlixi Reservoir in Taoyuan County.
Four people were rescued and four remain missing. The boat overturned during sudden strong gales, according to an initial investigation.
In another incident, rescuers continued searching for four people who went missing after their pedicab fell into a flooded river yesterday during heavy downpours triggered by Typhoon Haiyan in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
The four were among six people aboard the pedicab. The vehicle veered off a flooded road in Hengxian County and fell into the Daliao river. Two of the passengers managed to reach the bank.
Haiyan has been lashing Guangxi since Sunday, bringing heavy downpours and tidal waves that have led to at least six deaths in the region, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Also more than 1,000 students and teaching staff of a middle school in southwest China were trapped by floods after rainstorms triggered by the typhoon swept the area, rescuers said on Tuesday.
Torrents inundated the No 1 Middle School of Sanli Township in Guigang City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region at 7:03 am today, with floodwaters 1.5 metres deep.
All of those trapped in the school buildings have been moved to the second floor or higher, and rescue operations are underway.
Downpours lashed Guangxi as Haiyan reached the region on on Monday morning. (Agencies)