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Fighting China's Floods

Two men retrieving their belongings wade through a soaked street in Ruian, a city in East China's Zhejiang Province August 11, 2006. Typhoon Saomai, the strongest to strike China in almost five decades churned across east China, killing at least 111 with 11 others still missing, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. The city is working on disaster relief and rescue operations.
A girl sitting in a life ring manages her way in a water-logged street in Cangnan county in Wenzhou, a city in East China's Zhejiang Province August 11, 2006.
Residents lining up to cross a water-logged street in Cangnan county in Wenzhou, a city in East China's Zhejiang Province August 11, 2006. Typhoon Saomai, the strongest to strike China in almost five decades churned across east China, killing at least 111 with 11 others still missing, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.
A Chinese soldier fighting raging waters to carry a child to safety after tropical storm Prapiroon swept through Xinyi, south China's Guangdong province, August 8, 2006. China's death toll from the storm rose to 80 on Monday with another nine people missing.
A fishing boat will return to the harbor prior to the arrival of Typhoon Prapiroon in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province August 2, 2005. Prapiroon, the god of rain in Thailand, is expected to hit land between noon on August 3 and morning on August 4.
Chinese sheltering themselves from the summer rain in Beijing, China Monday July 31, 2006. The showers citizens hope promise to relieve the hot and humid weather conditions hanging over Beijing for days.
A car is stranded in water on the expressway to Beijing Capital International Airport July 31. Heavy downpours hit the city early yesterday morning, causing a severe traffic jam from downtown Beijing to the airport and delaying all departing flights.
Floods endanger a building in Shangyou County in East China's Jiangxi Province, on Wednesday. Typhoon Kaemi killed nine people in the county, and 13 people were reported missing.
Soldiers helping a tourist evacuate from a beach in Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 25, 2006. Typhoon Kaemi slammed into the mainland on Tuesday, leading to the evacuation of over 500,000 in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces.
Sailors on anchored fishing boats are evacuated to safe places in Xiamen, capital of east China's Fujian Province, July 25, 2006. Typhoon Kaemi slammed into the mainland on Tuesday, leading to the evacuation of over 500,000 in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces.
Waves are seen at the Songxia bay of Fuqing, a city of southeast China's Fujian Province, July 25, 2006. Typhoon Kaemi slammed into the mainland on Tuesday, leading to the evacuation of over 500,000 in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces.
A pheonix tree is uprooted by the strong winds caused by Typhoon Kaemi by a street in Quanzhou, east China's Fujian province July 25, 2006. Typhoon Kaemi slammed into the mainland on Tuesday, leading to the evacuation of over 500,000 in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces.
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