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Flood Fears Prompt Mass Evacuations in China

The earthquake nightmare is not over for many residents of Sichuan as the rainy season approaches, according to this Reuters report: Authorities in Aba prefecture had moved 72,000 people living in “highly dangerous terrain” in Wenchuan county, the epicentre of the quake, to safer areas ahead of downpours on Wednesday night, Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday. “The three-day