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Revisiting history: Devastating floods of 1998

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Revisiting history: Devastating floods of 1998

A villager cycles past a flood-control post on a dike, blocked with sandbags beside the Yangtze River in western part of Jiujiang in Jiangxi province on August 7, about two hours before a main dyke in the area broke. Tens of thousands of residents were evacuated. The banner reads: "Soldiers are on a do-or-die effort to protect the dyke in Jiujiang". [Photo/VCG]

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