BEIJING, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Heavy rains and flooding have forced the evacuation of thousands in China's southwestern province of Yunnan, but no casualties have been reported, the official Xinhua News Agency said. In the worst-hit city of Jinghong, more than 5,500 people had been affected by flooding caused by downpours since Friday afternoon, the news agency reported, without elaborating. Disaster relief work was now underway, it added. Flooding is a perennial problem for much of southern and eastern China in the summer. Floods have killed nearly 200 people across the country this year. Officials in Vietnam, which borders Yunnan, said on Sunday that landslides and flash floods brought on by tropical storm Kammuri had killed about 80 people in the country's north. [ID:nHAN186005] (Reporting by Edwin Chan)
A Tibetan woman lights a lamp for the Tibetans killed in Tibet during a protest against China and the ongoing Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in New Delhi August 10, 2008. REUTERS/Parth ...
