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Photos: Heavy rain triggers mudslides, flooding in China

Posted Jul 10, 2013

Photos from southwest China where heavy rain triggered flooding and landslides throughout the area, destroying homes and bridges, and disabling transportation in provinces such as Sichuan and Yunnan. As many as 40 people were buried in a landslide in one region, local officials said.

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Heavy flood waters sweep through Beichuan in southwest China's Sichuan province on July 9, 2013. Rainstorms across parts of China have affected millions, causing landslides and disabling transportation in provinces such as Sichuan and Yunnan, state media reported. AFP/Getty Images
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Rescuers evacuate residents from flood-hit areas on July 9, 2013 in Chengdu, China. At least one person was killed and 15 others missing after severe rainstorms hit Sichuan province on Monday. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
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A woman looks on after a landslide triggered by heavy rainstorm hit Shanxi village of Zhongxing township in Dujiangyan, southwest China's Sichuan province on July 10, 2013. Between 30 and 40 people were buried by a landslide in southwest China on Wednesday, local officials said, as heavy rains in the area also destroyed homes and bridges. STR/AFP/Getty Images
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A man stands in his flooded shop in in Guanghan, southwest China's Sichuan province. Rainstorms sweeping across parts of China have affected millions, causing landslides and disabling transportation in provinces such as Sichuan and Yunnan, state media reported. AFP/Getty Images
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Hheavy flood waters sweep through Beichuan in southwest China's Sichuan province. AFP/AFP/Getty Images
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Rescuers evacuate residents from flood-hit areas on July 9, 2013 in Chengdu, China. At least one person was killed and 15 others missing after severe rainstorms hit Sichuan province on Monday. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
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A local resident walks with a dog after a landslide triggered by heavy rainstorm hit Shanxi village of Zhongxing township in Dujiangyan, southwest China's Sichuan province on July 10, 2013. Between 30 and 40 people were buried by a landslide in southwest China on July 10 local officials said, as heavy rains in the area also destroyed homes and bridges. STR/AFP/Getty Images
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Residents travel on an excavator as others commute through flooded streets in Guanghan, southwest China's Sichuan province. Rainstorms sweeping across parts of China have affected millions, causing landslides and disabling transportation in provinces such as Sichuan and Yunnan, state media reported. AFP/AFP/Getty Images
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Residents walk along a flooded street in a district in Guanghan, southwest China's Sichuan province. Rainstorms sweeping across parts of China have affected millions, causing landslides and disabling transportation in provinces such as Sichuan and Yunnan, state media reported. AFP/AFP/Getty Images
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A building collapses amid floodwaters caused by torrential rain in Deyang City, Shifang County, Sichuan Province, July 9, 2013 in this still image taken from video. Floods caused by heavy rains swept away houses and bridges in China's southwest Sichuan Province, state media reported. Video shot on July 9, 2013. REUTERS/CCTV via Reuters TV
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Residents walk along a flooded street in a district in Guanghan, southwest China's Sichuan province. AFP/AFP/Getty Images
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Rescuers look for victims as heavy flood waters sweep through Beichuan in southwest China's Sichuan province. Rainstorms sweeping across parts of China have affected millions, causing landslides and disabling transportation in provinces such as Sichuan and Yunnan, state media reported. AFP/Getty Images
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Rescuers evacuate residents from flood-hit areas on July 9, 2013 in Chengdu, China. At least one person was killed and 15 others missing after severe rainstorms hit Sichuan province on Monday. ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images
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A resident walks in muddy water after a landslide triggered by heavy rainstorm hit Shanxi village of Zhongxing township in Dujiangyan, southwest China's Sichuan province on July 10, 2013. Between 30 and 40 people were buried by a landslide in southwest China on Wednesday, local officials said, as heavy rains in the area also destroyed homes and bridges. AFP/Getty Images
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Rescuers work to relocate local residents after a landslide triggered by heavy rainstorm hit Shanxi village of Zhongxing township in Dujiangyan, southwest China's Sichuan province on July 10, 2013. Between 30 and 40 people were buried by a landslide in southwest China on Wednesday, local officials said, as heavy rains in the area also destroyed homes and bridges. AFP/Getty Images
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Residents walk along a flooded street in Guanghan, southwest China's Sichuan province. Rainstorms sweeping across parts of China have affected millions, causing landslides and disabling transportation in provinces such as Sichuan and Yunnan, state media reported. AFP/Getty Images
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Heavy flood waters sweeping through Beichuan in southwest China's Sichuan province on Tuesday, July 9, 2013. Rainstorms sweeping across parts of China have affected millions, causing landslides and disabling transportation in provinces such as Sichuan and Yunnan, state media reported. AFP/Getty Images