China school flood death toll put at 117
BEIJING - The death toll from a flash flood which swept through a primary school in northeast China this month was officially put at 117 on Tuesday, 105 of the victims children, Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday. China to give flood victims' families $18,000 each
BEIJING - China will give 150,000 yuan ($18,120) in compensation to each of the families of schoolchildren killed in a flood last week in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang, the China Daily reported on Wednesday. Tiny hand prints illustrate China school flood horror
BEIJING - Tiny hand prints slipping down a classroom wall serve as poignant evidence of a flood that swept through a school in northeast China, killing as many as 200 people, most of them children sitting at their desks.
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