Hundreds of sections of embankments along China's third-longest river have become loose, threatening the homes of millions of people after three weeks of deadly floods across the country, state media said on Tuesday. Torrential rain has wrought havoc across large parts of China this summer, most recently in the southwest and the east, killing more than 500 people and causing billions of dollars in damage.More rain is forecast.
The swollen Huai River has displaced about half a million residents since the start of this month in the central province of Henan and the eastern provinces of Anhui and Jiangsu, many of whom are still unable to return home.
Tens of thousands of troops were on guard to battle any breaches along the Anhui section of the Huai, which has reported 546 places of "danger", including 46 serious ones, Xinhua news agency said.
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