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Storm '150,000 flee' deadly China storms

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Storm '150,000 flee' deadly China storms   on: 04 July 2009, 10:00:04 PM

'150,000 flee' deadly China storms


Torrential rain battering southern China has forced more than 150,000 people from their homes.


http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/04/2616932.htm
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Re: Storm '150,000 flee' deadly China storms   Reply #1 on: 05 July 2009, 09:03:12 AM

Are the Chinese kidding when they talk about collapsing dams and houses have already collpased. What sort of building codes exist!

Back on topic, 200mm in 3 days is pretty substantial.

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