China Focus: China battles heavy rain, dike breaches


CHANGSHA/SHENYANG, July 29 (Xinhua) -- China is currently battling heavy rainfall that has triggered dike breaches, flooded streets and forced the evacuation of people.

In the past two days, three dike breaches occurred in sections of the Juanshui River in Xiangtan County, central China's Hunan Province. One of them was successfully sealed on Monday afternoon.

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