Flood Death Toll Rises in China
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BEIJING — The death toll rose yesterday to at least 70 people as pounding weekend rains flooded wide areas of southern China and added to the misery of a nation wracked by natural disasters this year.
More rain is forecast over the next 10 days, and authorities were concerned about a 130-foot-long crack in an embankment of the Xijiang River, a major tributary of the Pearl River.
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