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China blasts dam to release water as flooding death toll risesWater levels on many rivers, including the mighty Yangtze, have been unusually high this year because of torrential rains.WorldJul 19, 2020
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Giant Chinese paddlefish declared ‘extinct’ after 150-million-year runThe Chinese paddlefish measured up to seven metres long and survived on Earth for millions of years before the rise of humanity.TrendingJan 9, 2020
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Fight between driver, passenger caused bus to fall in China river, killing 15 peopleA fight between a bus driver and a passenger who missed her stop caused the bus to plunge off a high bridge into China's Yangtze River, police said Friday. All 15 people onboard are presumed dead.WorldNov 2, 2018
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Rescuers, families bow in silence to honour China boat deadShips blared horns for three minutes Sunday and rescuers bowed in silence to honor the more than 430 victims of the Yangtze River capsizing, as specialists began working on DNA samples from relatives to identify the dead.WorldJun 7, 2015
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Death toll jumps to 331 in China’s Yangtze River capsizing as teams search cruise boatThe death toll in the Eastern Star capsizing rose to 331 on Saturday as disaster teams searched the now-upright ship for more bodies, making it China's deadliest boat disaster in nearly seven decades.WorldJun 5, 2015
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Rescuers right capsized Chinese ship on Yangtze River; 97 bodies found so farTop-deck cabins poked out of the water from a capsized river cruise ship on the Yangtze on Friday after disaster teams righted the vessel to quicken the search for more than 360 victims still missing.SportsJun 4, 2015
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Rescuers cut into capsized Chinese ship as death toll rises to 77Rescuers cut three holes into the overturned hull of a river cruise ship in unsuccessful attempts to find more survivors Thursday, as the death toll in the Yangtze River disaster reached 77. More than 360 people remain missing and are feared dead.WorldJun 4, 2015
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Death toll jumps to 65 in China cruise ship capsizingChinese authorities escalated efforts to recover more than 420 people believed to be trapped inside an overturned river cruise ship Wednesday, deploying scores more divers and a large crane to possibly lift the craft.WorldJun 3, 2015
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A look at 5 deadly maritime disasters from the last 5 yearsEmergency crews in China continued to pull survivors from the Yangtze River after a cruise ship capsized Tuesday with more than 450 people on board. Here is a list of five other recent maritime disasters from around the world.WorldJun 2, 2015
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Over 400 still missing from capsized cruise ship in ChinaHopes dimmed Wednesday for rescuing more than 400 people still trapped aboard a capsized river cruise ship that overturned in stormy weather about 36 hours earlier, as hundreds of rescuers searched the Yangtze River siteWorldJun 2, 2015
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