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90 dead in southern China flooding; 1.4M evacuated (AP)

June 19th, 2010

In this Friday, June 18, 2010 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, soldiers transfer an old woman trapped by the flood water at Songxi Town of Qingliu County, southeast China's Fujian Province. The Ministry of Civil Affairs said Friday emergency rescuers had been dispatched across southern China to help the 2.6 million people affected by the flooding, which has caused $400 million in damages. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Lu Lijie) ** NO SALES **AP - The death toll from flooding this week in southern China rose to 90 Saturday, and 1.4 million people were evacuated as the inundated region prepared for more heavy storms.


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