Deadly floods sweep through China after days of torrential rain

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Deadly floods sweep through China after days of torrential rain #breakingnews #china #flood #weather #asianews Deadly flooding has hit large parts of central and southern China, as torrential rains continued on Tuesday. Witness video, verified by Reuters, showed a car being swept away in the southwestern Guizhou province - towards a pile of vehicles that had suffered the same fate. Schools, businesses and transport services were closed, according to state broadcaster CCTV, with power supplies disrupted. In the central province of Hubei, emergency and military personnel were seen helping residents escape danger, many of them senior citizens. One report showed rescuers struggling to reach a man trapped in chest-height water behind a door. It said they took an hour before they managed to get him to safety. Aerial footage showed floods swamping vast areas across Hubei as well as its southern neighbor, Hunan. The disastrous conditions have left several people dead across the

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