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China:Flood:2003/05/17
Duration 2003/05/17 Flooding and landslides have killed at least 45 people in parts of Hunan and Guangdong provinces in southern China. Country or District China Name Flood
Headline(Source, Date) Personal Injury Material Damage Others BBC news 2003/05/20 Dead: 69 people
Missing: 29 people
Homeless: Thousands of people
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- BBC News 2003/05/20
At least 69 people have been killed in flooding in central China, with 29 people reported missing.- Peopledaily 2003/05/20
Southwest China Faces Flood Threat- CNN News 2002/05/19
Floods add to China woes- Yahoo asia News 2003/05/20
In Hunan, officials said more than 170,000 people were evacuated after landslides along the rising Xiangjiang river killed at least 25 people. Thirteen others were missingGeographycal Data Information
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