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| Flooding in southern China has killed at least 55 people and forced more than one million to flee their homes, the government says. | |
| Torrential downpours have affected nine provinces, China's civil affairs ministry says. More rain is expected in the coming days, forecasters warn. | |
| 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. |
| Farm land submerged | |
| China's civil affairs ministry says nearly 1.3 million people have now fled their homes in the hardest hit regions as the bad weather continues. | |
| Television showed boats cruising city streets, homeowners trying to bale out their home and rescuers handing out supplies of bottled water. | |
| The flooding has submerged large areas of farm land and destroyed 6,600 homes in Guangdong and Jiangxi provinces, the official Xinhua news agency reports. | |
| It says that many roads throughout the affected areas have been covered by landslides. | |
| The flooding in the Pearl river delta is the worst for 50 years, forcing the Guangdong government to issue an emergency flood alert throughout the province, Xinhua says. | |
| China 's rainy season causes chaos every year, often leaving many dead and forcing millions to leave their homes. | |
| In the past, the Chinese authorities have warned that climate change may make the problem worse, the BBC's Daniel Griffiths in Beijing says. | |
| Have you been caught up in the floods? Are you in the area? Send us your experiences using the form below. | Have you been caught up in the floods? Are you in the area? Send us your experiences using the form below. |
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