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Race to drain reservoirs following China storms (AP)

July 14th, 2010

Villagers search for items near a turned-over van after a mudslide triggered by heavy rains in Xiaohe, Qiaojia county, in southwest China's Yunnan province, Tuesday, July 13, 2010. Landslides slammed into three mountain hamlets in western China early Tuesday, killing 17 people and leaving 44 missing, while crews drained a fast-rising reservoir in another part of the country following heavy rains. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - Work crews raced to drain fast-rising reservoirs on opposite sides of China on Wednesday, following torrential rains that triggered deadly landslides in several mountain hamlets.


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