Prepare for the possible flood

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-06-05 09:05

Chinese armed police remove boats during a drill in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 4, 2007. The drill aimed to enhance the armed police' skills in fighting against the possible flood during the summer. Natural disasters including typhoons, floods and droughts killed 3,186 people in China in 2006, the death toll rising 28.7 percent on the previous year, Xinhua news agency reported in later May.[Xinhua]

Chinese armed police remove boats during a drill in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 4, 2007. The drill aimed to enhance the armed police' skills in fighting against the possible flood during the summer. Natural disasters including typhoons, floods and droughts killed 3,186 people in China in 2006, the death toll rising 28.7 percent on the previous year, Xinhua news agency reported in later May.[Xinhua]


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