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A rescuer helps to pull out vehicle that is partially submerged in mud after flash flood caused by torrential rain hit Rongjiang County
10 Jun 2009
Source: Reuters
 
A rescuer helps to pull out a vehicle that is partially submerged in mud after a flash flood caused by torrential rain hit Rongjiang County, Guizhou province June 9, 2009. Two people were killed by collapsed roofs and two others remained missing from heavy rains that have been falling in China's Hunan Province since Sunday, local flood control headquarters said on Tuesday, and reported by Xinhua News Agency. Picture taken June 9, 2009. REUTERS/China Daily (CHINA DISASTER ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA
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