国内英语资讯:China launches emergency response for flood-hit regions
<p><span word="BEIJING">BEIJING</span>, <span word="June">June</span> 14-- <span word="The">The</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Commission">Commission</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Disaster">Disaster</span> <span word="Reduction">Reduction</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Ministry">Ministry</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Emergency">Emergency</span> <span word="Management">Management</span> (<span word="MEM">MEM</span>) <span word="have">have</span> <span word="activated">activated</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="level">level</span>-<span word="IV">IV</span> <span word="emergency">emergency</span> <span word="response">response</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="rainstorms">rainstorms</span> <span word="triggered">triggered</span> <span word="heavy">heavy</span> <span word="floods">floods</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="southwestern">southwestern</span> <span word="province">province</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Guizhou">Guizhou</span>.</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="special">special</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="sent">sent</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="affected">affected</span> <span word="areas">areas</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="guidance">guidance</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="disaster">disaster</span> <span word="relief">relief</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="MEM">MEM</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="statement">statement</span> <span word="released">released</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span>.</p><p><span word="From">From</span> <span word="June">June</span> 8 <span word="to">to</span> 7 <span word="a">a</span>.<span word="m">m</span>. <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="floods">floods</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="affected">affected</span> <span word="about">about</span> 438,000 <span word="residents">residents</span>, <span word="leaving">leaving</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> 10 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="dead">dead</span> <span word="and">and</span> 14 <span word="missing">missing</span>. <span word="About">About</span> 100 <span word="houses">houses</span> <span word="collapsed">collapsed</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="over">over</span> 8,000 <span word="houses">houses</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="damaged">damaged</span>.</p><p><span word="Direct">Direct</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="losses">losses</span> <span word="amounted">amounted</span> <span word="to">to</span> 880 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="yuan">yuan</span> (<span word="about">about</span> 124 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="dollars">dollars</span>), <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ministry">ministry</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="level">level</span>-<span word="IV">IV</span> <span word="emergency">emergency</span> <span word="response">response</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lowest">lowest</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="four">four</span>-<span word="tier">tier</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="emergency">emergency</span> <span word="response">response</span> <span word="system">system</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="disaster">disaster</span> <span word="relief">relief</span>.</p>
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