Rain or Shine...

FLOODS HAVE killed at least 152 people in central and eastern China in the past week, according to reports in the Guangzhou Daily newspaper yesterday.

In the last 10 days of June, rainfall in regions along the Yangtze River and southern provinces of Guizhou and Guangxi reached 4in to 12in (100mm to 300mm), between 50 and 300 per cent higher than the average level.