A flood peak passing Xiliuhe Township, Hubei Province on October 7, 2005. Floods and landslides have killed 1,292 people and left another 332 missing this flood season in China, and crops on at least 15.43 million hectares of farmland have been destroyed and 1.22 million houses ruined, the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters said on Saturday.

(China Daily October 8, 2005)