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Floods kill at least 14, leave scores missing
BEIJING (AFP) - Torrential downpours and severe flooding have killed at least 14 people in northern and central China and left scores missing, AFP reported. Most heavily hit was the northeastern province of Liaoning, where 10 people were reported dead and 46 were severely injured, said Xinhua news agency. Another 35 were missing. By Monday more than 19,080 houses were destroyed and 188,000 people made homeless had been relocated, it said. "This flood was the most serious since 1995 ... because of the flood, some highways in remote areas were damaged and transport was cut off," said a Liaoning province water official surnamed Zhang. Zhang said the rain had stopped and officials were concentrating on disaster relief. Fushun city was one of the worst hit areas in the province, with many highways, bridges and railway lines damaged, while electricity, water and food supplies were cut in some areas, it said. The downpours have dumped 150 millimetres (six inches) of rain on the city since Friday, with thousands of houses submerged. In neighbouring Jilin province, at least one person was killed while some 182,000 residents were affected by heavy rainstorms which destroyed more than 330 houses and thousands of hectares (acres) of crops, a separate Xinhua report said. The rain, described by local flood control officials as the "most violent"
this year, also damaged kilometers (miles) of highways, 12 reservoirs and scores
of irrigation projects, it said.
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