Floods claim 57 lives as rain wreaks havoc
By Huang Zhiling and An Baijie | China Daily | Updated: 2011-09-20 08:07
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Residents in Guang'an city, Southwest China's Sichuan province, are ferried to safety on Monday after torrential rains flooded their homes. Liao Pan / China News Service |
CHENGDU / XI'AN - By Monday afternoon, rain-triggered floods and landslides had left at least 57 people dead and 29 missing around the nation, causing the central government to launch emergency response plans.
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