BEIJING, Jan 24 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — With just over a week until the Spring Festival, the most important holiday on the Chinese calendar, families affected by flooding in Zhujiagou Village, northeast China’s Liaoning Province, are preparing to celebrate Chinese New Year in new homes.
Last August, torrential rains lashed Liaoning’s Suizhong County, triggering severe flooding and heavily affecting the lives of as many as 185,000 residents in 110 villages across 10 townships. The low-lying Zhujiagou Village was among the hardest-hit areas, with roads destroyed, over 70 hectares of farmlands inundated, and more than 50 homes damaged – 41 of which were deemed unsafe for repair.