The water level in a section of the Sino-Russia bordering Heilongjiang River has risen to a record high in the region's worst flooding in more than a decade, the flood control commanding center said Thursday.
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At 8 am, the water level in the river's Fuyuan section, in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, had risen 20 centimeters from Wednesday, or 2.17 meters above the warning level, according to the center.
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Floods have swept many parts of Fuyuan County, where a national sturgeon breeding base and reserve was destroyed, resulting in losses of 1 million kilograms of fish.
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Floods have inundated multiple sections of a major road in Fuyuan, home to about 170,000 people, while another road alongside the river has been totally submerged.
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The river has swollen since mid-August, with some sections of its middle and lower reaches seeing their worst floods in history.
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Floods have also ravaged Jilin and Liaoning provinces in China's northeast, claiming 85 lives and leaving 105 missing, while more than 2 million people have been affected.
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The water level in a section of the Sino-Russia bordering Heilongjiang River has risen to a record high in the region's worst flooding in more than a decade, the flood control commanding center said Thursday.
