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At least 150 people are now known to have died in southern China from tropical storm Bilis.

Torrential rain hit the area in the wake of the storm, bringing floods and landslides and forcing millions to flee their homes. Rescue teams had to wade through flooded streets to reach thousands of people stranded by the high water.

The hardest-hit area was the inland province of Hunan, where at least 78 people were killed, the China Daily newspaper reported. Thousands of homes have been swept away, and large areas of farmland have been destroyed.

In Guangdong province, where an estimated 33 people died, flooding cut the main Beijing-Guangzhou railway line, stranding 5000 passengers. In nearby Lechang, waters as deep as 3m forced authorities to move 1600 inmates ...

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