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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

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Personal Injury	Material Damage	Others
BBC news 2003/05/20
Dead: 69 people Missing: 29 people Homeless: Thousands of people

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Report/Articles 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 missing

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