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China floods kill 15 people, force more than 80,000 to evacuate; authorities issue warning as more rainfall expected
•Weather authorities are forecasting more downpours throughout the country with floods and landslides expected in the southwestern province of Sichuan.
China landslide: 93 people missing in landslide, floods kill 34
•At least 34 people have been killed in floods triggered by days long heavy rains, while 93 others remained missing in a massive landslide, forcing evacuatio
China to move capsized ship to search for eight missing bodies
Fp Archives •China's capsized cruise ship Eastern Star will be moved to allow divers to search for eight missing persons at the site in the mighty Yangtze river.
China ship disaster: Death toll rises to 434, eight people still missing
Fp Archives •A total of 434 people have been confirmed dead after a Chinese cruise ship capsized in the Yangtze River on 1 June, authorities said on Monday.
China: Death toll in Yangtze River ferry disaster crosses 400
Fp Archives •Death toll in Yangtze River ferry disaster crosses 400 and dozens more are still missing in China's deadliest maritime disaster in nearly seven decades.
China ship disaster: Death toll climbs to 97, over 300 missing as rescuers quicken search
Fp Archives •Chinese rescuers on Friday lifted a cruise ship capsized in the Yangtze river using cranes to quicken the search for the more than 300 people who are still missing. The death toll in the disaster jumped to 97.
China ship capsize: No hope for more survivors, say officials
Fp Archives •Authorities admitted there is no hope for more survivors from a capsized Chinese cruise ship.
China ship capsize: Death toll jumps to 65, 400 still missing
Fp Archives •The death toll of a river cruise capsizing in the Yangtze River jumped by 39 fatalities to a total of 65 Thursday morning, the most significant increase since the Eastern Star overturned in a heavy storm with 456 people on board more than two days earlier.
7 dead, over 400 still missing from cruise ship that capsized in China's Yangtze River
Fp Archives •Hopes dimmed on Wednesday for rescuing more than 400 people still trapped aboard a capsized river cruise ship in China that overturned in stormy weather about 36 hours earlier.
China: 5 dead as ship carrying 458 capsizes in Yangtze River; rescue ops underway
Fp Archives •Rescuers pulled out one trapped survivor and heard others yell for help on Tuesday from inside a capsized cruise ship on China's Yangtze River.