Local residents take a bamboo raft in flood water at Shali Village of Yao ethnic group in Lingyun County, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 2, 2010. Torrential rainstorms ravaged Shali Village from June 27 to June 30, causing serious flood which cut off electricity, traffics and clean water supplies there. A total of 3700 mu (about 244.87 hectares) farmland had been destroyed by the flood. [Zhou Hua/Xinhua] |