Soldiers use bodies to prevent floods

(Newsphoto)
Updated: 2007-07-17 21:21

Soldiers carry sand bags in preparation of incessant floods on a section of the Huai River, swollen to its highest level in over half a century, in Chuzhou, East China's Anhui Province July 16, 2007. Some 100 soldiers have been dispatched to oversee a 6,500-meter deluge-prevention dike along the river. [Newsphoto]


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