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SHENYANG, Aug. 15 (Xinhuanet) -- Torrential rainstorms and ensuing floods in northeast China's Liaoning Province since Friday killed ten people, injured 46 and left 35 others missing, according to sources with the provincial department of civil affairs Monday.
The floods hit 20 counties of seven cities in Liaoning, affecting 1.44
million people.
The precipitation in the city of Fushun amounted to 150 mm and it reached
174 mm in Tieling City.
A total of 6,531 homes were destroyed and 118,000 hectares of farmland were
left fruitless.
The provincial government has allocated 4.5 million yuan (about544,000 US
dollars) for emergency disaster relief.
The department of civil affairs relocated 188,000 homeless people and
already sent three working teams to the flood-hit areasto organize the disaster
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