Flood slams school in north China, killing 64

Sunday, June 12, 2005

BEIJING-- A torrential flood hit a school in northeast China and swept 64 people -- many of them children -- to their deaths, while a fire in the south raced through the top floors of a hotel and killed 31, state media reported Saturday.

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