Journal Call no. | HC411.A76 |
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Author | Dietz, Robert. |
Article Title | Fighting the floods / Robert Dietz. |
Is Part Of | Asiaweek ; v.22, no.34, 23 Aug 1996, p.29-31, illus. |
Abstract | For months torrential rains have strafed southern and central China. Flooding has now hit the north, too. The situation in many towns is desperate: water supplies are polluted, dysentery and cholera threaten disaster. The rains killed more than 2,300 people, and the number seems sure to rise. |