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A resident looks out at a flooded street
from her home in Fengkai county, west of
Guangdong Province, June 18, 2008. China
has posted hundreds of rescue personnel
to shore up dams threatening to burst in
southern mountainous areas under
torrential rain that has already flooded
9,000 square miles of crops and homes.
REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA)
REF: RTX72PL
A child gets on a boat in the township
of Yuecheng in Deqing county, west of
Guangdong Province, June 18, 2008.
REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA)
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Paramilitary policemen transport
sandbags on a hill to prevent possible
landslide near the Beijing-Guangzhou
railway in Qingyuan, Guangdong province
June 18, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA)
REF: RTX72M7
A resident climbs a ladder into his
flooded home in the township of Yuecheng
in Deqing, west of Guangdong Province,
June 18, 2008. Heavy rain and floods
have claimed 169 lives in South China,
and the forecast for the north is not
bright either, with the government
warning of serious flooding in the
Yellow River, China Daily reported.
REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA)
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Children play on a flooded basketball
ground in the township of Yuecheng in
Deqing, west of Guangdong province, June
18, 2008. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA)
REF: RTX72HC
A farmer is seen standing in his flooded
cropland at a village in Deqing county,
west of Guangdong Province, June 18,
2008. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA)
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A child looks out of her home in the
township of Yuecheng in Deqing county,
west of Guangdong Province, June 18,
2008. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA)
REF: RTX72H0
Children row a boat along a flooded
street in the township of Yuecheng in
Deqing county, west of Guangdong
Province, June 18, 2008. REUTERS/Aly
Song (CHINA)
REF: RTX72GJ
Residents row a boat along a flooded
street in the township of Yuecheng in
Deqing county, west of Guangdong
Province, June 18, 2008. REUTERS/Aly
Song (CHINA)
REF: RTX72GH
Residents row boats along a flooded
street in the township of Yuecheng in
Deqing county, west of Guangdong
Province, June 18, 2008. China has
posted hundreds of rescue personnel to
shore up dams threatening to burst in
southern mountainous areas under
torrential rain that has already flooded
9,000 square miles of crops and homes.
REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA)
REF: RTX72GC
A man rows a boat at a flooded temple in
Zhaoqing, Guangdong province June 18,
2008. The rain and floods, concentrated
in the south and the industrial hub of
Guangdong, have killed at least 171
people and left 52 missing since the
start of the annual flood season and
forecasters have warned of more
downpours in coming days. REUTERS/
Stringer (CHINA)
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A resident paddles on a tyre tube as he
crosses a flooded street in Daoxian
County, Hunan province, June 14, 2008.
REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA)
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Wu Qinnan, 63, walks along a flooded
road near his village on the outskirts
of the Shapingba District of Chongqing
municipality June 15, 2008. REUTERS/
Stringer (CHINA)
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An elderly woman is evacuated from her
flooded house at Lingling District of
Yongzhou, Hunan province June 13, 2008.
China's government urged authorities at
all levels to take preventive actions
against torrential floods and secondary
natural disasters, as rainstorms had
affected millions of people and would
continue to lash south China, Xinhua
News Agency reported. REUTERS/Stringer (
CHINA)
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Houses at Lingling District of Yongzhou,
Hunan province are seen surrounded by
floodwaters June 13, 2008. China's
government urged authorities at all
levels to take preventive actions
against torrential floods and secondary
natural disasters, as rainstorms had
affected millions of people and would
continue to lash south China, Xinhua
News Agency reported. REUTERS/Stringer (
CHINA)
REF: RTX6V5P
