A man walks on sandbags used to patch a damaged dike holding back a rising river in a flooded village in Cangnan county, eastern China Sunday Aug. 9, 2009.

一名男子走在沙袋用来修补损坏堤防阻碍上升河的洪水淹没村庄苍南县，中国东部地区8月9日星期日，2009年。

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Water crept under a permanent dike and flooded the school early Sunday.

河水漫过一座永久的防洪堤，并在周日的早些时候淹没了一所学校。

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On Monday, a dike gave way, the coal ash that had been turned into sludge in the pond flooded the neighboring areas.

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