China floods kill 11, prompting a mass evacuation

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At least 11 people are dead and 26 are missing after mountain torrents flooded parts of central China, forcing the evacuation of up to 60,000 people, local officials and state media said yesterday.
The casualties are expected to rise as the rushing stream of water hit early yesterday when most people were sleeping, Shen Guirong, director of the propaganda department in Xinshao district, Hunan province, said.

"Up to now we have found 11 dead and 26 are missing," he said.

"This figure will probably rise because communications have been cut so it is difficult to get information from all the villages affected," he said.

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