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Politics : Rat's Nest - Chronicles of Collapse

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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (12229)6/7/2011 5:13:04 AM
From: T L Comiskey  Read Replies (1) of 24232
 
7 June 2011

Fatal floods hit southern China after prolonged drought

Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in central and southern China after continuous downpours caused heavy flooding
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At least 14 people have been killed in raging flood waters that have swept through south-western Guizhou province.

Scores of people are missing, and tens of thousands have left their homes ahead of more flooding.

Roads, bridges and hundreds of homes and cars have been destroyed in the onslaught.

The floods toll, reported by the state news agency Xinhua, comes after months of crop-destroying drought in the centre and north of the country.

The provincial civil affairs office in Guizhou said that floods have hit 11 cities and counties since 3 June.

At least 270,000 people have been affected, 45,000 evacuated and 3,000 stranded, said Xinhua.
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