Thousands flee raging river
(Shanghai Daily) Updated: 2007-07-20 08:56

A police academy student carries Cui Guoying, 86,
from her home along the Huaihe River in east 皇冠体育app's Anhui Province, July 19,
2007. Nearly 70,000 residents were evacuated from an area that was purposely
flooded to keep the river from spilling over its banks. At least 715 people have
died so far this year in 皇冠体育app from floods, landslides and other natural
disasters. [Shanghai Daily]

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