Officials fear floods, strained reinforcements
By Wang Qian | China Daily | Updated: 2010-07-22 07:52
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A villager stands in his flooded house in Xintan township of Honghu city, Central China's Hubei province on Wednesday. The water level in the township's Shatao Lake has risen to a record high of 25.9 meters due to days of torrential rain. Hao Tongqian / Xinhua |
Beijing - After more than 700 flooding deaths and some of the season's worst downpours yet to come, senior officials are warning that the flood reinforcements of thousands of aging reservoirs in the country are strained to their limit.
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