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Natural Disasters in China, Mexico
Pyongyang, July 7 (KCNA) -- Heavy rains hit southern areas of China from June 28, causing damage.

Five were killed and over 55,000 were evacuated in Zhejiang, Hunan, Guangdong, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces and Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region, according to the State Disaster Reduction Committee on July 2.

The number of the victims totals more than 1.5 million and economic loss amounts to 770 million RMB. Y.

Flood and landslide caused by heavy rains in Mexico left 16 persons dead and lots of houses and farmland destroyed as of July 3.

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