China braces for more flooding as rains continue

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BEIJING — Troops sandbagged swollen rivers Monday and storm-battered regions across China prepared for more floods and potential landslides as forecasters predicted torrential rains this week.

State broadcaster CCTV showed footage of soldiers using sandbags to patch up breached riverbanks ahead of heavy rains that were expected to continue in the southwest, southeast and northeastern parts of the country, the National Meteorological Center said.

Rainfall along the Yangtze River basin threatened to increase water levels in the reservoir behind the Three Gorges Dam to new record highs, after levels had begun slowly dropping over the weekend, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

Four people died and 16 were missing in the southwestern province of Sichuan, where rains flooded farm fields and triggered landslides over the weekend, Xinhua reported.

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Another example of global climate change. Warmer atmosphere sucks more moisture into the air, producing torrential rains and flooding everywhere. Live with it, deniers...