Beijing: After droughts, it is now turn for floods in China, wreaking havoc in major agricultural provinces that left at least 50 people dead and 40 missing.
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The deluge follows a prolonged drought in central and southern provinces that caused a severe water crisis and destroyed thousands of hectares of crops.
In the worst-hit Hubei province, at least 23 people were killed and 10 missing, said Zhang, a spokesman with the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters.
Image: In this photo taken on June 10, 2011, residents survey the damages caused by a landslide after torrential rain hit Pingjiang county of Yueyang city in south China's Hunan province.
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