CHINESE AUTHORITIES FIGHT TO SAVE FLOOD VICTIMS.Byline: Joe McDonald Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Chinese soldiers and police struggled Friday to rescue some of the 1 million people stranded by surging floods that have killed at least 237 people. Soldiers have evacuated e·vac·u·ate v. e·vac·u·at·ed, e·vac·u·at·ing, e·vac·u·ates v.tr. 1. a. To empty or remove the contents of. b. To create a vacuum in. 2. 560,000 people and brought food, water and medicine to tens of thousands of flood victims, the Civil Affairs Designated Active and Reserve component forces and units organized, trained, and equipped specifically to conduct civil affairs activities and to support civil-military operations. Also called CA. See also civil affairs activities; civil-military operations. Ministry said Friday. Some 3.2 million acres of farmland have been damaged, as well as thousands of homes, factories and businesses. In all, China says 10 million people have been injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. or suffered property losses in the floods, which stretch from the province of Zhejiang on the east coast to Sichuan in the west. Flooding also was reported in Shandong in the northeast. The highest death toll was in the southwestern province of Guizhou, one of China's poorest areas, where 136 people were reported killed, many of them by landslides. |
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