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Flooding in southern China has killed at least 55 people and forced more than one million to flee their homes, state media report. | Flooding in southern China has killed at least 55 people and forced more than one million to flee their homes, state media report. |
Torrential downpours have affected some nine provinces with more heavy rain expected in the coming days, the official Xinhua News Agency reports. | Torrential downpours have affected some nine provinces with more heavy rain expected in the coming days, the official Xinhua News Agency reports. |
Among those provinces badly hit is Sichuan, which is still reeling from last month's massive earthquake. | Among those provinces badly hit is Sichuan, which is still reeling from last month's massive earthquake. |
Some 87,000 people were killed or missing after the 12 May earthquake. | Some 87,000 people were killed or missing after the 12 May earthquake. |
The flooding has submerged large areas of farm land and destroyed 6,600 homes in Guangdong and Jiangxi provinces. | |
Many roads throughout the affected areas have been covered by landslides, Xinhua reports. | |
The flooding in the Pearl river delta was the worst for 50 years, it said. | |
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