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BEIJING
(AP) — Fresh torrential rains swept through China this week, flooding
streams, triggering landslides and killing at least 25 people with 13
more missing in the worst-hit city. The latest …
Fresh floods kill at least 25 across China, scores missing
Updated 1:05 am, Saturday, July 23, 2016
The latest tally from the northern city of Xingtai on Saturday will push the overall casualties across the country. The Ministry of Civil Affairs reported a total of 78 deaths and 91 missing on late Friday, when the casualty toll from Xingtai was much lower.
Angry villagers have questioned authorities if they failed to notify them in time for evacuation when an upstream reservoir discharged floodwater. Authorities blamed a failure of a river levee for the sudden water surge.
The financial media Caixin reported on Saturday said the river narrowed near the village, and a severe blockage because of a utility construction forced the floodwater to surge over the river banks and rush through the village.
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