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Meanwhile The Times has reported that 350,000 people remain without water in the South of England as a result of severe floods. The UK environment agency was reported as saying that these were the worst floods in the country since 1947.<\/div>\n
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President Hu Jintao described the floods that hit southwestern, central and eastern China in the past week as ‘Once-in-a-Century’. The comments, reported by Xinhua, were made on a visit to Chongqing, where 42 people died as a result of the floods. 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