Clean-up in rain-battered town
2010-07-30 04:11:33 GMT2010-07-30 12:11:33 (Beijing Time)
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A man rides a motorbike on a road destroyed by torrential rain in Qingshui township of Hanzhong city, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, July 29, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua]
A bulldozer repairs a road destroyed by torrential rain in Qingshui township of Hanzhong city, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, July 29, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua]
A bulldozer repairs a road destroyed by torrential rain under a mountain cliff in Qingshui township of Hanzhong city, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, July 29, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua]
People form lines on a destroyed road to transport relief materials with bare hands in Qingshui township of Hanzhong city, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, July 29, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua]
A villager points to his house which has only one wall left after it was hit by torrential rain in Qingshui township of Hanzhong city, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, July 29, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua]
The township became completely isolated after it was hit on July 24 by the most severe rainfall since 1959. The rain cut off its roads and electricity and destroyed communication facilities. Communication was restored July 29, while water and electricity supplies are yet to be resumed.
