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58 dead, 175 missing in China's Sichuan floods

CHENGDU, July 16 (Xinhua) -- A total of 58 people died and 175 others were missing in rainstorm-triggered floods and a major geological disaster last week in southwest China's Sichuan Province, said the Sichuan provincial government on Tuesday.