Rescuers clear debris on the street on Wednesday after rainstorms hit Xiaohe township in Qiaojia county, Yunnan Province. A dozen people were killed and about 30 remain missing after the flooding. A massive flooding similar to the one in 1998 that killed thousands of people is likely to occur this year, if downpours continue to batter the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River, a flood-control official has warned. [Xinhua]