Stay cool A driver steers a damaged truck in Xuzhou, East China's Jiangsu province, on Saturday, drawing attention from passers-by. Photo Provided to China Daily

Xinjiang

6.2-magnitude quake hits region

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region at 6:47 pm on Sunday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.

The epicenter, at a depth of about 30 kilometers, was in Keriya county of the region's Hotan prefecture.

Beijing

Capital to build flood pools

Authorities are planning to build 20 underground flood pools in downtown Beijing to improve the capital's flood-control capacity after a devastating rainstorm killed 79 people in July.

The flood pools will be built near low-lying roadways that are most vulnerable to flash floods. Many of those roadways are dilapidated and frequently inundated during the rainy season, officials with Beijing's water supply bureau said on Sunday.

The pools are expected to be completed before summer 2013. The main concern in the project will be to avoid underground pipes, subway lines and building foundations while the pools are built, officials said.

Liaoning

10 dead, 4 missing after severe storm

Ten people have died and four remain missing in Northeast China's Liaoning province following a severe storm that hit the region recently.

Torrential rains brought by typhoon Damrey hit Liaoning from Aug 3 to 4. Rainfall in some parts of the province is believed to have reached the highest level in five centuries, the provincial flood prevention and drought control office said.

Flooding damaged 20 dams and destroyed 31,379 houses. More than 2.59 million people were affected, and 520,600 people evacuated. Direct economic losses are estimated to be 21.9 billion yuan ($3.45 billion), the office said.

Taiwan

Suspect sent back to island

A Taiwanese alleged to be involved in crimes of endangering State security and public security was returned to Taiwan on Saturday, said a State security authority.

Chung Ting-pang, suspected of conducting a series of criminal activities since 2003 that endangered State security and public security, was put under residential surveillance on June 18, according to a statement from the State security authority of East China's Jiangxi province.

Chung's legitimate rights had been guaranteed during the investigation, the statement said. It also said that Chung admitted he had committed the crimes, voluntarily confessed to other offenses and disclosed other suspects' crimes, which constituted a meritorious service.

Gansu

Crane collapse claims 3 workers

Three workers were killed after a crane collapsed at a construction site in Northwest China's Gansu province on Saturday, local authorities said.

The accident occurred at 10:45 am, when workers were dismantling a tower crane in a residential community in the city of Linxia, according to the provincial administration of work safety.

The administration said one of the crane's arms broke off and fell to the ground, crushing three workers. Two died at the scene, while the third died after being sent to a local hospital.

Hubei

Three die trying to save boy

Three adults died trying to save a 7-year-old boy who fell into a reservoir on Wednesday in Xishui county, Hubei province.

The boy fell into the reservoir near Meizi Mountain around 7 pm and drowned. The three people who died trying to save him were the boy's grandmother, the boy's aunt and a neighbor.

Officials in Xishui county sent a team to give condolences and proper compensation to the affected families.

The rescuers' deed will be reported to higher authorities so they can recognized as "Good Samaritans", Changjiang Times reported.

Jiangsu

Man kills 2, injures 5 in conflict

A man killed two people and injured five in a domestic conflict on Sunday in Huai'an, East China's Jiangsu province.

The suspect, surnamed Zhou, attacked seven of his neighbors with a knife around 6 am in Songji township of the city's Huai'an district, according to local police. Two people injured in the attack were rushed to a hospital and died.

Zhou was arrested. The case remains under investigation.

Yunnan

Photo exhibition staged in Dali

The fourth Dali International Photography Exhibition, having the theme of Life Is Elsewhere, is being staged in Dali through Wednesday.

The photo exhibition is the largest ever held in Southwest China's Yunnan province

More than 200 works are being presented by artists from the Chinese mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the United States and Europe.

Stephen White, a well-known American collector, is scheduled to show his collections of about 100 works by 80 famous photographers from all over the world. Award-winning works from the 55th annual World Press Photo competition will also be displayed.

Xinhua-China Daily

(China Daily 08/13/2012 page2)