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China:Flash Flood:2001/07/27
Duration2001/07/27 A monster flash flood, the biggest in 100 years in the mountainous area of China's northwestern province of Gansu, has killed at least 30 people and injured 17.

Country or DistrictChina
NameFlash Flood

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Personal Injury Material Damage Others
Dead:30people
Displaced:16people



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    The flash flood has left 16 people still missing. It was triggered by just 40 minutes of torrential rain water levels have risen to as high as six meters.


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