Water, power supplies, and communication cut off in townships of NW China
A villager salvages her belongings steeped in flood water in Fancun Village, Madongchuan Township, Yan'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, July 26, 2013. Torrential rainfall battered Yan'an since the start of July. Forty-two people have died and 936,000 others were affected by the rain. Five townships in Yan'an were hit hard, where water, power supplies, and communication were cut off. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)