英语新闻阅读：中国西南部洪水造成14人死亡，4万5千人撤离

英语自学网

　　Chinese state media say 14 people are dead and tens of thousands have been
displaced by flooding in southwestern China.The official Xinhua news agency said
Tuesday that 35 other people are missing and 3,000 are stranded in a single
county in Guizhou province. It said 45,000 people have been forced to evacuate
their homes in Wangmo county.The agency said heavy rains have washed away more
than 500 vehicles, toppled 100 homes, destroyed road and bridges and damaged
more than 5,000 hectares of cropland.
        　　The rains, which began late last week, have brought some relief to
residents and farmers on the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, who
have been suffering the region's most severe drought in decades.Authorities said
the summer rainy season has arrived just in time to help farmers who are engaged
in planting rice, but serious economic losses still are expected.