Sichuan embraces worst floods in 115 years

(Newsphoto)
Updated: 2007-07-18 22:32

Pedestrians manage their way through a flooded street in Chongqing city, Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality July 18, 2007. Record-breaking rainstorms in 115 years lashed Chongqing, killing 32 people with 12 others missing. As many as 2.72 million people and 22 counties have been affected with a severe shortage of clean drinking water, power supplies, disturbed transportation and communications. [Newsphoto]


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