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Local authorities reported to be urgently constructing walls and digging ditches to keep the mice away from flood-control dikes and cropland.<\/p>\n

The massive invasion of field mice began on June 23 when the Yangtze river flooded, raising the water level in Dongting Lake and submerging mouse holes on islands in the lake, reports cited experts as saying.<\/p>\n

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