China allots 120 million yuan to fight floods

 BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry¹ of Finance (MOF) said Sunday that 120 million yuan (19 million U.S. dollars) has been allocated² to help the cities of Beijing and Tianjin and neighboring Hebei province to fight floods.

The fund, allocated by the MOF and the Ministry of Water Resources, will be spent on repairs for flood-damaged water conservancy facilities in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, supporting flood control in these areas, the MOF said in a statement on its website.

At least ten people have died and more than 50,000 have been relocated following a Saturday thunderstorm that was the heaviest storm to hit Beijing in 61 years, the municipal flood control headquarters said Sunday.

More than 70,000 people were relocated due to downpours in Hebei, according to the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters.

The country's top flood control authority is still verifying statistics for the downpours.

1 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

2 allocated   

adj. 分配的 动词allocate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The Ford Foundation allocated millions of dollars for cancer research. 福特基金会拨款数百万美元用于癌症研究。
• More funds will now be allocated to charitable organizations. 现在会拨更多的资金给慈善组织。