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The local women pass on bags filled with stones to repair the damaged dike in Yingjiang County, Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture of Dehong in southwest China's Yunnan Province July 26, 2004. Floods and mud-rock flows struck Yingjiang County twice, on July 5 and July 20, respectively. The latter disaster left 12 people dead and 48 missing, affecting 70,000 people in 21 towns, and causing a direct economic loss of 157 million RMB (18.9 million US dollars). Now the residents in the disaster-hit areas are making efforts to resume normal life.
The local people pull wire netting, which can be used to hold bags filled with stones along the riverbank, to repair the damaged dike in Yingjiang County, Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture of Dehong in southwest China's Yunnan Province July 26, 2004.
The local people carry bags of sand to reinforce the riverbank in Yingjiang County, Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture of Dehong in southwest China's Yunnan Province July 26, 2004.
A medical worker inspects the health condition of a local villager at a temporary settlement of evacuees in Yingjiang County, Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture of Dehong in southwest China's Yunnan Province July 26, 2004.
Some local women clean up the debris of houses in Yingjiang County, Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture of Dehong in southwest China's Yunnan Province July 26, 2004. After being hit by floods and mud-rock twice in the past three weeks, the residents in the disaster-hit areas are making efforts to resume normal life.
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