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| Passengers walking in order to take their train at Fuzhou Railway Station in east China's Fujian Province, June 27, 2005. The rainstorm-afflicted Fuzhou Railway Station was reopened to traffic Monday and expects full normal operation by Wednesday, said sources with the station. |
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| Thousands of residents gathering on June 26, 2005, to bid farewell to Chinese People's Liberation Army troops, who helped in rescue efforts during the recent flooding in Wuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Workers erected flood barriers and disinfected towns and villages against water-borne diseases as China braced for more rain after deluges that left at least 730 people dead or missing. |
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| Water from the Xiaonanhe River in Jiutai City rushing into a family living along the river on June 26, 2005. |
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| A man sitting on the roof of a house to escape the flood caused by heavy rainfalls in Jiutai City, northeast China's Jilin Province June 26, 2005. Water from the Xiaonanhe River in the city rushed into families living along the river. The flood caused 72 million yuan in direct economic losses and affected about 40,000 residents in the city.
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| Chinese rescuers placing stones to consolidate the roadbed of Waiyang-Fuzhou section of railway lines on June 24, 2005, in east China's Fujian Province. The roadbed caved in due to continuous torrential rains. |
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| A soldier monitoring the flood in the Xijiang River in Wuzhou City on June 23, 2005. The 26.75-meter flood peak, once in 100 years, passed Wuzhou safely at noon on June 23. |
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| Local residents crossing electric wires while returning home on boats in a flooded area in Wuzhou City on June 23, 2005. |
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| A man swiming back to his home in a flooded street in Wuzhou City on June 23, 2005. |
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| A branch of the Commercial Bank of China being inundated in a flooded area in Wuzhou City on June 23, 2005. |
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| Floodwater, like waterfalls, rushing into a district of Wuzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region June 22, 2005. The water level of the Xijiang River reached 26.50 meters, 9.2 meters abvove the danger level. The unprecedented floods have forced the evacuation of some 100,000 people in the low areas. |
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| A man pushes his tricycle in the flood in Liuzhou, a city in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 20, 2005. Heavy rainfalls are hitting areas in northern Guangxi these days, causing the water levels of the Liujiang River, Guijiang River and Xijiang River higher than the vigilance levels. |
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| The picture taken on June 18, 2005 shows debris of a house destroyed by floodwater in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. A sudden downpour claimed two lives and left one other missing at 3:00 PM on Friday, in Hulan District of Harbin, according to local government official. |
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