Chinese soldiers patrol through flooded villages near Huayin, in China's central province of Shaanxi, on September 8, 2003. Floods that have killed dozens in Shaanxi and forced half a million people to flee their homes showed no let-up, with a third flood crest sweeping along Weihe, the largest tributary of the Yellow River. [China Photo]

Premier Wen Jiabao (C) grasps hands with a villager displaced by the recent floods along the Weihe River, in Hua County in China's central province of Shaanxi, on the National Day, October 1, 2003. Premier Wen and his entourage visited the flooded areas and met some of the 120,000 villagers displaced by the floods. [China Photo]

Refugee camps are installed in Huayin in China's central province of Shaanxi, for people displaced by floods, on September 8, 2003. [China Photo]

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