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Half of China on flood alert as rainstorms plague millions- at least 40 Dead |
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June 10, 2007 |
 (Damaged bridge caused by last week's heavy rainstorms and floods, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jiangxi Province, China) |
At least 40 people have been killed in flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rains in China and 178,000 have been left homeless, a state news agency reported Sunday.
The highest death toll in the rains, which started Thursday, was in crowded Guangdong province in the southeast, where 14 people were killed and four were missing, the Xinhua News Agency said.
Deaths and damage were reported in areas throughout southern China and the northwest.
In Guangdong, another 28 people were injured and 20,000 forced to flee their homes, Xinhua said. Guangdong is the heart of China's export-driven light manufacturing industries, but there was no word of any damage to factories or shipping facilities.
In neighboring Hunan province, three people were dead, one missing and 158,000 left homeless, Xinhua said. Source : China Economic Net & CBS News
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