China evacuates 40,000 people from floods, more rain expecte

BEIJING (Reuters) - More than 40,000 people in China's Sichuan province have been evacuated because of floods, state media reported on Wednesday, as cloudbursts dropped huge amounts of precipitation over several parts of the country.

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