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China:Flood:2002/08/22

Duration	2002/08/22	Chinese authorities have evacuated 600,000 people from around the dangerously swollen Dongting Lake as it threatens to engulf millions more.Floods in the southern province of Hunan, where local officials say hundreds of thousands of people are trying to prevent Dongting spilling over, had already killed at least 16 people,destroyed 27,000 houses and damaged 415,000 hectares of crops.
Country or District	China
Name	Flood

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Personal Injury	Material Damage	Others
ecacuated:600,000 people affected :8.4 million people	Economic losses: 45 billion yuan ($5.4 billion) with more to come. Damaged farmland: 415,000 hectares Destroyed homes:27,000 homes

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Report/Articles China Daily 2002/08/26 Dongting Lake water level recedes BBC news 2002/08/24 Eyewitness: Dongting Lake's flood threat CNN News 2002/08/25 The economic cost of the floods is already running into billions of dollars. Reuters News　2002/08/25 China's giant lake passes peak, waters receding e-Taiwan news .com 2002/08/24 China evacuates 600,000 for fear of flooding Officials provide evacuees with food, tents as flood high point expected tomorrow CNN news 2002/08/23 Flood damage pegged at billions in China the grobe and mail 2002/08/23 Severe flooding takes toll in China Reuters news 2002/08/22 China Evacuates 600,000 from Around Giant Lake

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Pictures Earth Observatory of NASA 2002/08/21 This false-color image of the western Yangtze River and Dongting Lake in central China was acquired on August 21, 2002, by the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS).