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| Thursday, 22 July 2004 |
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Death toll in China flooding nears 400 BEIJING, Wednesday (Reuters) Mudflows and landslides in southern China have killed at least 10 people in recent days and more rain was forecast as this year's flood-related death toll rose to nearly 400, state media said on Wednesday. The semi-official China News Service said 381 people had been killed so far by flooding, 98 were missing and nearly 200,000 houses had been destroyed throughout the country. Direct economic losses have reached 14.85 billion yuan, it said. Some 102,000 people had fled their homes. The water level in some towns was up to six metres (20 ft), the newspaper said. |
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