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China raises number of killed and missing in floods to 771
2005-06-28
A Chinese man calls for 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 - China has raised the number of people killed and missing in this year's massive floods to 771, while millions have been relocated or otherwise affected, state media reported. ADVERTISEMENT... ... | Note: this page has been archived under Muzi Premium Version and is only available to premium members.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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