Fatal floods hit southern China after prolonged drought

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Fatal floods hit southern China after prolonged drought

Source: BBC News

At least 14 people have been killed in raging flood waters that have swept through southwestern Guizhou province.

Scores of people are missing, and tens of thousands have left their homes ahead of more flooding.

Roads, bridges and hundreds of homes and cars have been destroyed in the onslaught.

The floods toll, reported by the state news agency Xinhua, comes after months of crop-destroying drought in the centre and north of the country.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13677860

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