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Death toll climbs to 51 in south China floods

By Jia Xu (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-06-04 11:11

The death toll from rain-triggered disasters in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region has climbed to 51 as of Thursday evening, chinanews.com.cn reported Friday.

The rain-triggered landslides and floods have affected more than 2.82 million people, causing about 1.2 billion yuan in direct economic losses.

Rescue work is underway, and about 144,800 people had been relocated to safe places as of Thursday evening.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs has arranged for emergency materials to be delivered to help victims, the report said.