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China city on high alert as flood peak passing through(07/27/07)

 

 

A father watches as his son rides bicycle on the flooded bank of Yangtze River in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province, July 26, 2007. The water level was 25 m at 9 pm on Wednesday and rose to 25.07 m at 8 am yesterday, according to the Wuhan flood control headquarters. The danger mark is at 27.3 m.

A father watches as his son rides bicycle on the flooded bank of Yangtze River in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province, July 26, 2007. The water level was 25 m at 9 pm on Wednesday and rose to 25.07 m at 8 am yesterday, according to the Wuhan flood control headquarters. The danger mark is at 27.3 m. (CFP)

     Wuhan, a city in central China, is on high alert as a flood peak in Yangtze River, China's longest, is passing through and water level keeps rising.

    The capital city of Hubei Province has ordered local authorities to step up patrol along dikes and