1947 Monsoon floods devastate Chinese villages and food resources 1947
April 22, 2026
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as posted by the channelDate: 31st July 1947
Location: Canton
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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SLATE INFORMATION: China Fights Flood Menace To Her Crops
CHINA:
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CHINA. rain swollen rivers around Canton burst their banks and flood rice-fields. Shots of peasants groping under water for remnants of grain crop. Refugees feeding at communal feeding centres
FLOODS & STORMS Rain swollen rivers around Canton floods their banks. Work goes on to repair dykes. huge areas under water
RICE Rice fields flooded around Canton - peasants groping for grains of rice under the water
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; Weather; Disasters and Accidents
floodwaters, refugees, homeless, devastation,
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