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Unbelievable numbers from China's floods.

652 Dead.
119.15 million people affected.
452,000 houses destroyed.
7.87 million hectares of crops destroyed.
52.5 billion yuan (6.9 billion U.S. dollars) in direct economic losses.

"The meteorological authorities forecast heavy rains would hit the country's southwest, northwest and northeast regions in the coming days.

China, however, is also being plagued by drought in its northern region including Heilongjiang Province and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and even parts of its southern region.

The office said that drought has left 5.88 million people and 4.7 million heads of livestock short of drinking water and affected 9.33 million hectares of arable land." LINK

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