(JIANG HONGJING)

Flood-ravaged Yingxiu Town in Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, on August 17. Floods and mudslides triggered by heavy rains hit Wenchuan on August 14. As of August 19, at least 15 people had been reported dead, and more than 16,000 residents had been relocated.

Wenchuan County was the epicenter of the 8.0-magnitude earthquake that jolted Sichuan and neighboring provinces in southwest China on May 12, 2008. The quake left some 87,000 people dead or missing.

In Yingxiu, newly built homes for earthquake survivors were partly submerged by the overflowing Minjiang River which runs through the town.