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Quake-hit China now menaced by floods and landslides (Reuters)

Wu Qinnan, 63, walks along a flooded road near his village on the outskirts of the Shapingba District of Chongqing municipality June 15, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - Floods triggered by torrential rains have killed dozens of people across China, as officials struggle to move thousands of victims of last month's earthquake to escape the threat of landslides caused by downpours.


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