Sichuan embraces worst floods in 115 years
(Newsphoto)
Updated: 2007-07-18 22:32

Civil affairs personnel repair a blocked
sewage pipe on 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]