Torrential rain causes widespread devastation in China - in pictures
Heavy flood waters sweep through BeichuanPhotograph: AFP/Getty ImagesPolice officers assist women in Shuangfeng villagePhotograph: Imaginechina/Rex FeaturesA train crosses the Mianyuan river as floodwater surges below Photograph: Wang Zhengwei/Rex Features
Pedestrians try to keep their feet dry in LanzhouPhotograph: HAP/Quirky China News/Rex FeaturesRescuers evacuate people by boat from flooded areas in Shuangfeng villagePhotograph: Imaginechina/Rex FeaturesSoldiers carry two women to safety in Jintang, ChengduPhotograph: Liu Jie/Xinhua Press/CorbisA bus ploughs its way through the flooded streets in Taiyuan cityPhotograph: Shi Xiaobo/Rex FeaturesRescuers help local residents after a landslide buried 30 to 40 people in the village of Shanxi in south-west ChinaPhotograph: AFP/Getty ImagesLandslides hit the Duwen expressway linking Dujiangyan City and Wenchuan County in China's Sichuan province Photograph: Xue Yubin/Rex FeaturesFirefighters use a rope to help a woman cross floodwater after heavy rainfalls hit DujiangyanPhotograph: China Daily/ReutersTraffic comes to a standstill in Taiyuan City, capital of north China's Shanxi provincePhotograph: Shi Xiaobo/Xinhua Press/CorbisA policeman carries a man to safety in ChengduPhotograph: China Daily/ReutersHouses and apartment blocks are flooded in Jiangyou City, Sichuan province Photograph: HAP/Quirky China News/Rex FeaturesResidents of Guanghan get a lift on an excavator Photograph: AFP/AFP/Getty ImagesFloodwater encircles buildings Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
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