Public security and fire fighters prepare to steer a boat to help transfer residents besieged by floods in Enyang Town, Bazhou District in Bazhong City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on September 1. Heavy rainfall beginning on August 30 has flooded part of Sichuan Province, affecting 656,600 people, forcing 62,500 to evacuate, and collapsing 8,500 homes (XINHUA) |