Typhoon Morakot has struck China's south-east coast, destroying hundreds of houses and flooding farmland.

台风莫拉克袭击中国东南部海岸，摧毁了成百上千的房屋、使农田洪水泛滥。

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Heavy rainfall also hit the tourist city of Guilin in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Sunday, flooding farmland, cutting off roads and trapping travelers.

周日暴雨也袭击了广西壮族自治区旅游城市桂林，淹没农田，切断交通，使旅客受困。

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As the planet warms, dire predictions of coastal flooding, inland droughts, ruined farmland, and global food shortages fill the news and research journals.

随着全球气候不断变暖，新闻报道以及学术研究中开始充斥着各种悲观的预测，比如沿海洪涝，内陆干旱，农田毁坏，以及全球性粮食短缺。

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Her latest effort was stimulated by the flooding with seawater of almost 24, 000 hectares of farmland by the tsunami which followed an earthquake in March last year.

ECONOMIST: Salt-tolerant rice

Widespread flooding on the Somerset Levels saw businesses waterlogged three times last year and left farmland under water for months.

BBC: Landowners call for dredging of flood-hit Somerset Levels