THREATS OF FLOOD
AREAS IN CHINA
YELLOW RIVER RISES
TIENTSIN, August 3,
As a result of tttfe beginning of the monsoon rains, Tientsin, among many other centres in North China, is threatened with floods.
The Hai River is rising rapidly and is only three feet below the level of the British concession. Hundreds of refugees already are pouring into Tientsin.
The dykes of the Grand Canal have burst and many nearby villages are inundated.
The flooding of the Yellow River is expected to be infinitely worse than that of last summer when hundreds of thousands of Chinese were drowned and 2,000,000 were left homeless. The banks and dykes of the Yellow River have fallen into dangerous disrepair as a result of the war. .. The waters are rising in several provinces.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 30, 4 August 1939, Page 9
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