China orders emergency work as floods ravage south (AFP)

Rescuers evacuate residents trapped by rising flood water in Wangmo, southwest China's Guizhou province. China has ordered emergency work to strengthen swollen dykes and reservoirs. Beijing also evacuated tens of thousands of people as large swathes of the south reeled under their worst storms in decades.(AFP) AFP - China ordered emergency work to strengthen swollen dykes and reservoirs Tuesday and evacuated tens of thousands of people as large swathes of the south reeled under their worst storms in decades.