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Flooding deaths rise to 132 in southern China (AP)

June 20th, 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 - Massive flooding in southern China has killed 132 people and forced 860,000 to flee their homes, and more storms were forecast, the government said Sunday.


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