Flooding killed at least 26 people and destroyed the homes and livelihoods of some 20,000.

洪水造成至少26人丧生，二万多家庭和生计遭到破坏。

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The worst natural disaster to hit a developing country in decades claimed about 167,000 lives and destroyed schools, houses, churches, roads and livelihoods.

那场几十年一遇的自然灾害夺去了大约167,000人的生命，破坏了学校、住房、教堂、道路和人们所赖以谋生的手段。

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Livelihoods have been destroyed.

同时摧毁了生计。

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People die, homes burn, livelihoods are destroyed.

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Millions of acres of fertile farmland has been flooded, livelihoods ruined, crops destroyed, and homes lost.

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