People wade through a flooded street near the overflowing Songhua River in Harbin, on August 16. Floods that have affected northeast China's Heilongjiang province since August 10, were the most severe to hit the area in decades.

People wade through a flooded street near the overflowing Songhua River in Harbin, Heilongjiang province on August 16. Floods that have affected northeast China's Heilongjiang province since August 10, were the most severe to hit the area in decades and have killed 11 people and left three others missing, Xinhua News Agency reported. Reuters/China Daily