China Floods

Large swathes of China have been hit by summer deluges that have triggered the worst floods in a decade, causing countless deadly landslides and swelling many large rivers to dangerous levels.

Summer rain storms annually deluge many parts of China. Here a teacher places bricks for students to step on after a heavy downpour at a school in a suburb of Beijing. (Getty)

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Published 11 August 2010 4:27am

Updated 26 August 2013 2:01pm

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Large swathes of China have been hit by summer deluges that have triggered the worst floods in a decade, causing countless deadly landslides and swelling many large rivers to dangerous levels.

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