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Residents rest in makeshift shelters after dike blown up in central China

Source: Xinhua | 2016-07-14 19:44:02 | Editor: An

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WUHAN, July 14, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Villager Hu Shengmei (back) plays with her son at a makeshift shelter in Shenghua primary school after the dike between the Liangzi Lake and the Niushan Lake was blown up in central China's Hubei Province, July 14, 2016. Armed police destroyed the 3.7-kilometer-long embankment separating the Liangzi Lake and the Niushan Lake on Thursday to disperse surging floodwater. More than 1,600 residents who lived nearby have been transferred to makeshift shelters for further settlement. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

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Residents rest in makeshift shelters after dike blown up in central China

Source: Xinhua 2016-07-14 19:44:02

CHINA-HUBEI-EMBANKMENT-BLASTING-AFTERMATH (CN)

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