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China: Villagers flee flood threat

Beichuan, one of the hardest-hit areas by the earthquake in south-western China's Sichuan Province quietened down after thousands of Chinese fled to the hills on Saturday (May 18) amid fears a lake formed near the epicentre of this week's earthquake would burst its banks.

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