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Three killed in flash flood in northwest China(Xinhua)Updated: 2007-07-20 23:10 URUMQI - Three people died in Thursday's flash flood in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, local authorities confirmed on Friday. The flood occurred at about 9:00 am on the Hongliugou section of State Highway 315 in Ruoqiang county, of southern Xinjiang. Rescuers have found two battered vehicles -- a truck containing two bodies from the Sanchuan Dynamite Company and a car with one body. The three bodies have been sent to a local hospital. Details of the victims are not yet available. |
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