17 dead, 44 missing as landslides hit China towns (AP)

AP – Landslides slammed into three mountain hamlets in western China early Tuesday, killing 17 people and leaving 44 missing, while crews drained a fast-rising reservoir in another part of the country following heavy rains.

A worker walks in a flooded riverbank park in Wuhan, in central China's Hubei province, Monday, July 12, 2010. Torrential rains since June have caused more than 400 deaths across China, state media said. (AP Photo) **  CHINA OUT **AP – Landslides slammed into three mountain hamlets in western China early Tuesday, killing 17 people and leaving 44 missing, while crews drained a fast-rising reservoir in another part of the country following heavy rains.


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