147 killed as heavy rain lashes south
By WANG HUAZHONG and SHI JING | China Daily | Updated: 2010-06-21 07:50
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A resident wades through the flooded streets of Yujiang, Jiangxi province, on Sunday. Heavy rain inundated the county and affected 120,000 people. Zhou Mi / Xinhua |
BEIJING/SHANGHAI - The latest round of torrential rains that flooded townships in southern China killed 147 people and forced 1.09 million residents to flee their homes by the weekend, with more storms forecast, authorities said on Sunday.
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