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Death toll rises in China flooding, major manufacturing region hard hit
2005-06-25
Chinese men row a boat on a flooded street in Wuzhou, southern China's Guangxi region June 25, 2005. Torrential rain in southern China has bloated rivers over their bursting points and triggered mudslides, killing at least 124 people and leaving 69 missing this week alone, state television said. In the hard-hit industrial city of Wuzhou, in the southern Guangxi region, houses on the banks of the Xijiang river were flooded up to their roofs and downtown residents had been forced to move to upper-storey apartments or to flee to higher ground. |
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BEIJING - The death toll in two weeks of flooding in areas throughout China has risen by 31 to at least 567, with roads and rail lines cut in its southern industrial heartland and more rains forecast, the government said Saturday.... ... | Note: this page has been archived under Muzi Premium Version and is only available to premium members. Please use the Premium Personal Password (PPP) to log in.
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