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 | Paramilitary policemen help local residents trapped during a flood to move to a safe area in southwest China's Chongqing municipality July 17, 2007. A 16-hour storm unleashed more than 40,000 lightning strikes in China, killing 15 people, injuring more than 100 and bringing air, road and rail traffic to a halt, state media said on Wednesday. The storm, in the southwestern city of Chongqing, left five people missing and caused some 10,000 homes to collapse, the Beijing Times said. click to open  |  | A car is half submerged by surging flood waters in Hami, northwestern China's Xinjiang province, Tuesday, July 17, 2007. China's state news agency, Xinhua, reported Tuesday that five people have died in heavy rain and lightning storms in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur and northern China's Inner Mongolia autonomous regions since Saturday. click to open |  | Residents look out over flood waters in Hami, northwestern China's Xinjiang province, Tesday, July 17, 2007. China's state news agency, Xinhua, reported Tuesday that five people have died in heavy rain and lightning storms in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur and northern China's Inner Mongolia autonomous regions since Saturday. click to open |
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