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US: Double Waterspout Spotted Off Florida’s Coast 2

Double waterspouts were seen off the coast of Florida in Bradenton and other Tampa Bay waters on Sunday afternoon, June 22. This video was taken from Bradenton in Manatee County.

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US: Double Waterspout Spotted Off Florida’s Coast

Double waterspouts were seen off the coast of Florida in Bradenton and other Tampa Bay waters on Sunday afternoon, June 22. This video was taken from Sarasota Sailing Squadron in Sarasota.

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AWE2025 Held in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - MARCH 20, 2025 - Visitors visit Whirlpool booth at AWE2025 in Shanghai, China on March 20, 2025.

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The Double Spiral Viewing Platform of City Island on The West Bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha

CHANGSHA, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 - Aerial photo taken on Sept 9, 2024 shows the double spiral viewing platform of City Island on the west bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha, Central China's Hunan province. The platform looks like a "big vortex" rising from the lake when viewed from above. According to reports, the main body of this "whirlpool" viewing platform is a pure steel structure, about 35 meters high and about 86 meters in diameter. Its "vortex" shape is mainly composed of hundreds of ring units with completely different sizes and shapes and dozens of diagonal columns. From the ground floor of the platform, walk up the spiral road and get a panoramic view of the 360¡ã landscape. According to reports, the main body of the project is a pure steel structure building, with a total steel volume of about 7,000 tons, which is the largest double helix steel structure building in the world. Its complex and bizarre shape is mainly composed of 330 ring units of completely different sizes and shapes and 32 diagonal

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The Double Spiral Viewing Platform of City Island on The West Bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha

CHANGSHA, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 - Aerial photo taken on Sept 9, 2024 shows the double spiral viewing platform of City Island on the west bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha, Central China's Hunan province. The platform looks like a "big vortex" rising from the lake when viewed from above. According to reports, the main body of this "whirlpool" viewing platform is a pure steel structure, about 35 meters high and about 86 meters in diameter. Its "vortex" shape is mainly composed of hundreds of ring units with completely different sizes and shapes and dozens of diagonal columns. From the ground floor of the platform, walk up the spiral road and get a panoramic view of the 360° landscape. According to reports, the main body of the project is a pure steel structure building, with a total steel volume of about 7,000 tons, which is the largest double helix steel structure building in the world. Its complex and bizarre shape is mainly composed of 330 ring units of completely different sizes and shapes and 32 diagonal

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The Double Spiral Viewing Platform of City Island on The West Bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha

CHANGSHA, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 - Aerial photo taken on Sept 9, 2024 shows the double spiral viewing platform of City Island on the west bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha, Central China's Hunan province. The platform looks like a "big vortex" rising from the lake when viewed from above. According to reports, the main body of this "whirlpool" viewing platform is a pure steel structure, about 35 meters high and about 86 meters in diameter. Its "vortex" shape is mainly composed of hundreds of ring units with completely different sizes and shapes and dozens of diagonal columns. From the ground floor of the platform, walk up the spiral road and get a panoramic view of the 360° landscape. According to reports, the main body of the project is a pure steel structure building, with a total steel volume of about 7,000 tons, which is the largest double helix steel structure building in the world. Its complex and bizarre shape is mainly composed of 330 ring units of completely different sizes and shapes and 32 diagonal

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The Double Spiral Viewing Platform of City Island on The West Bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha

CHANGSHA, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 - Aerial photo taken on Sept 9, 2024 shows the double spiral viewing platform of City Island on the west bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha, Central China's Hunan province. The platform looks like a "big vortex" rising from the lake when viewed from above. According to reports, the main body of this "whirlpool" viewing platform is a pure steel structure, about 35 meters high and about 86 meters in diameter. Its "vortex" shape is mainly composed of hundreds of ring units with completely different sizes and shapes and dozens of diagonal columns. From the ground floor of the platform, walk up the spiral road and get a panoramic view of the 360° landscape. According to reports, the main body of the project is a pure steel structure building, with a total steel volume of about 7,000 tons, which is the largest double helix steel structure building in the world. Its complex and bizarre shape is mainly composed of 330 ring units of completely different sizes and shapes and 32 diagonal

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The Double Spiral Viewing Platform of City Island on The West Bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha

CHANGSHA, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 - Aerial photo taken on Sept 9, 2024 shows the double spiral viewing platform of City Island on the west bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha, Central China's Hunan province. The platform looks like a "big vortex" rising from the lake when viewed from above. According to reports, the main body of this "whirlpool" viewing platform is a pure steel structure, about 35 meters high and about 86 meters in diameter. Its "vortex" shape is mainly composed of hundreds of ring units with completely different sizes and shapes and dozens of diagonal columns. From the ground floor of the platform, walk up the spiral road and get a panoramic view of the 360¡ã landscape. According to reports, the main body of the project is a pure steel structure building, with a total steel volume of about 7,000 tons, which is the largest double helix steel structure building in the world. Its complex and bizarre shape is mainly composed of 330 ring units of completely different sizes and shapes and 32 diagonal

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The Double Spiral Viewing Platform of City Island on The West Bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha

CHANGSHA, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 - Aerial photo taken on Sept 9, 2024 shows the double spiral viewing platform of City Island on the west bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha, Central China's Hunan province. The platform looks like a "big vortex" rising from the lake when viewed from above. According to reports, the main body of this "whirlpool" viewing platform is a pure steel structure, about 35 meters high and about 86 meters in diameter. Its "vortex" shape is mainly composed of hundreds of ring units with completely different sizes and shapes and dozens of diagonal columns. From the ground floor of the platform, walk up the spiral road and get a panoramic view of the 360¡ã landscape. According to reports, the main body of the project is a pure steel structure building, with a total steel volume of about 7,000 tons, which is the largest double helix steel structure building in the world. Its complex and bizarre shape is mainly composed of 330 ring units of completely different sizes and shapes and 32 diagonal

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The Double Spiral Viewing Platform of City Island on The West Bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha

CHANGSHA, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 - Aerial photo taken on Sept 9, 2024 shows the double spiral viewing platform of City Island on the west bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha, Central China's Hunan province. The platform looks like a "big vortex" rising from the lake when viewed from above. According to reports, the main body of this "whirlpool" viewing platform is a pure steel structure, about 35 meters high and about 86 meters in diameter. Its "vortex" shape is mainly composed of hundreds of ring units with completely different sizes and shapes and dozens of diagonal columns. From the ground floor of the platform, walk up the spiral road and get a panoramic view of the 360° landscape. According to reports, the main body of the project is a pure steel structure building, with a total steel volume of about 7,000 tons, which is the largest double helix steel structure building in the world. Its complex and bizarre shape is mainly composed of 330 ring units of completely different sizes and shapes and 32 diagonal

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The Double Spiral Viewing Platform of City Island on The West Bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha

CHANGSHA, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 - Aerial photo taken on Sept 9, 2024 shows the double spiral viewing platform of City Island on the west bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha, Central China's Hunan province. The platform looks like a "big vortex" rising from the lake when viewed from above. According to reports, the main body of this "whirlpool" viewing platform is a pure steel structure, about 35 meters high and about 86 meters in diameter. Its "vortex" shape is mainly composed of hundreds of ring units with completely different sizes and shapes and dozens of diagonal columns. From the ground floor of the platform, walk up the spiral road and get a panoramic view of the 360° landscape. According to reports, the main body of the project is a pure steel structure building, with a total steel volume of about 7,000 tons, which is the largest double helix steel structure building in the world. Its complex and bizarre shape is mainly composed of 330 ring units of completely different sizes and shapes and 32 diagonal

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The Double Spiral Viewing Platform of City Island on The West Bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha

CHANGSHA, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 - Aerial photo taken on Sept 9, 2024 shows the double spiral viewing platform of City Island on the west bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha, Central China's Hunan province. The platform looks like a "big vortex" rising from the lake when viewed from above. According to reports, the main body of this "whirlpool" viewing platform is a pure steel structure, about 35 meters high and about 86 meters in diameter. Its "vortex" shape is mainly composed of hundreds of ring units with completely different sizes and shapes and dozens of diagonal columns. From the ground floor of the platform, walk up the spiral road and get a panoramic view of the 360¡ã landscape. According to reports, the main body of the project is a pure steel structure building, with a total steel volume of about 7,000 tons, which is the largest double helix steel structure building in the world. Its complex and bizarre shape is mainly composed of 330 ring units of completely different sizes and shapes and 32 diagonal

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The Double Spiral Viewing Platform of City Island on The West Bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha

CHANGSHA, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 - Aerial photo taken on Sept 9, 2024 shows the double spiral viewing platform of City Island on the west bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha, Central China's Hunan province. The platform looks like a "big vortex" rising from the lake when viewed from above. According to reports, the main body of this "whirlpool" viewing platform is a pure steel structure, about 35 meters high and about 86 meters in diameter. Its "vortex" shape is mainly composed of hundreds of ring units with completely different sizes and shapes and dozens of diagonal columns. From the ground floor of the platform, walk up the spiral road and get a panoramic view of the 360¡ã landscape. According to reports, the main body of the project is a pure steel structure building, with a total steel volume of about 7,000 tons, which is the largest double helix steel structure building in the world. Its complex and bizarre shape is mainly composed of 330 ring units of completely different sizes and shapes and 32 diagonal

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The Double Spiral Viewing Platform of City Island on The West Bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha

CHANGSHA, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 - Aerial photo taken on Sept 9, 2024 shows the double spiral viewing platform of City Island on the west bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha, Central China's Hunan province. The platform looks like a "big vortex" rising from the lake when viewed from above. According to reports, the main body of this "whirlpool" viewing platform is a pure steel structure, about 35 meters high and about 86 meters in diameter. Its "vortex" shape is mainly composed of hundreds of ring units with completely different sizes and shapes and dozens of diagonal columns. From the ground floor of the platform, walk up the spiral road and get a panoramic view of the 360¡ã landscape. According to reports, the main body of the project is a pure steel structure building, with a total steel volume of about 7,000 tons, which is the largest double helix steel structure building in the world. Its complex and bizarre shape is mainly composed of 330 ring units of completely different sizes and shapes and 32 diagonal

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The Double Spiral Viewing Platform of City Island on The West Bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha

CHANGSHA, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 - Aerial photo taken on Sept 9, 2024 shows the double spiral viewing platform of City Island on the west bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha, Central China's Hunan province. The platform looks like a "big vortex" rising from the lake when viewed from above. According to reports, the main body of this "whirlpool" viewing platform is a pure steel structure, about 35 meters high and about 86 meters in diameter. Its "vortex" shape is mainly composed of hundreds of ring units with completely different sizes and shapes and dozens of diagonal columns. From the ground floor of the platform, walk up the spiral road and get a panoramic view of the 360¡ã landscape. According to reports, the main body of the project is a pure steel structure building, with a total steel volume of about 7,000 tons, which is the largest double helix steel structure building in the world. Its complex and bizarre shape is mainly composed of 330 ring units of completely different sizes and shapes and 32 diagonal

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The Double Spiral Viewing Platform of City Island on The West Bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha

CHANGSHA, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 - Aerial photo taken on Sept 9, 2024 shows the double spiral viewing platform of City Island on the west bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha, Central China's Hunan province. The platform looks like a "big vortex" rising from the lake when viewed from above. According to reports, the main body of this "whirlpool" viewing platform is a pure steel structure, about 35 meters high and about 86 meters in diameter. Its "vortex" shape is mainly composed of hundreds of ring units with completely different sizes and shapes and dozens of diagonal columns. From the ground floor of the platform, walk up the spiral road and get a panoramic view of the 360¡ã landscape. According to reports, the main body of the project is a pure steel structure building, with a total steel volume of about 7,000 tons, which is the largest double helix steel structure building in the world. Its complex and bizarre shape is mainly composed of 330 ring units of completely different sizes and shapes and 32 diagonal

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The Double Spiral Viewing Platform of City Island on The West Bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha

CHANGSHA, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 - Aerial photo taken on Sept 9, 2024 shows the double spiral viewing platform of City Island on the west bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha, Central China's Hunan province. The platform looks like a "big vortex" rising from the lake when viewed from above. According to reports, the main body of this "whirlpool" viewing platform is a pure steel structure, about 35 meters high and about 86 meters in diameter. Its "vortex" shape is mainly composed of hundreds of ring units with completely different sizes and shapes and dozens of diagonal columns. From the ground floor of the platform, walk up the spiral road and get a panoramic view of the 360¡ã landscape. According to reports, the main body of the project is a pure steel structure building, with a total steel volume of about 7,000 tons, which is the largest double helix steel structure building in the world. Its complex and bizarre shape is mainly composed of 330 ring units of completely different sizes and shapes and 32 diagonal

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The Double Spiral Viewing Platform of City Island on The West Bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha

CHANGSHA, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 - Aerial photo taken on Sept 9, 2024 shows the double spiral viewing platform of City Island on the west bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha, Central China's Hunan province. The platform looks like a "big vortex" rising from the lake when viewed from above. According to reports, the main body of this "whirlpool" viewing platform is a pure steel structure, about 35 meters high and about 86 meters in diameter. Its "vortex" shape is mainly composed of hundreds of ring units with completely different sizes and shapes and dozens of diagonal columns. From the ground floor of the platform, walk up the spiral road and get a panoramic view of the 360¡ã landscape. According to reports, the main body of the project is a pure steel structure building, with a total steel volume of about 7,000 tons, which is the largest double helix steel structure building in the world. Its complex and bizarre shape is mainly composed of 330 ring units of completely different sizes and shapes and 32 diagonal

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The Double Spiral Viewing Platform of City Island on The West Bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha

CHANGSHA, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 - Aerial photo taken on Sept 9, 2024 shows the double spiral viewing platform of City Island on the west bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha, Central China's Hunan province. The platform looks like a "big vortex" rising from the lake when viewed from above. According to reports, the main body of this "whirlpool" viewing platform is a pure steel structure, about 35 meters high and about 86 meters in diameter. Its "vortex" shape is mainly composed of hundreds of ring units with completely different sizes and shapes and dozens of diagonal columns. From the ground floor of the platform, walk up the spiral road and get a panoramic view of the 360¡ã landscape. According to reports, the main body of the project is a pure steel structure building, with a total steel volume of about 7,000 tons, which is the largest double helix steel structure building in the world. Its complex and bizarre shape is mainly composed of 330 ring units of completely different sizes and shapes and 32 diagonal

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The Double Spiral Viewing Platform of City Island on The West Bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha

CHANGSHA, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 - Aerial photo taken on Sept 9, 2024 shows the double spiral viewing platform of City Island on the west bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha, Central China's Hunan province. The platform looks like a "big vortex" rising from the lake when viewed from above. According to reports, the main body of this "whirlpool" viewing platform is a pure steel structure, about 35 meters high and about 86 meters in diameter. Its "vortex" shape is mainly composed of hundreds of ring units with completely different sizes and shapes and dozens of diagonal columns. From the ground floor of the platform, walk up the spiral road and get a panoramic view of the 360¡ã landscape. According to reports, the main body of the project is a pure steel structure building, with a total steel volume of about 7,000 tons, which is the largest double helix steel structure building in the world. Its complex and bizarre shape is mainly composed of 330 ring units of completely different sizes and shapes and 32 diagonal

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The Double Spiral Viewing Platform of City Island on The West Bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha

CHANGSHA, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 - Aerial photo taken on Sept 9, 2024 shows the double spiral viewing platform of City Island on the west bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha, Central China's Hunan province. The platform looks like a "big vortex" rising from the lake when viewed from above. According to reports, the main body of this "whirlpool" viewing platform is a pure steel structure, about 35 meters high and about 86 meters in diameter. Its "vortex" shape is mainly composed of hundreds of ring units with completely different sizes and shapes and dozens of diagonal columns. From the ground floor of the platform, walk up the spiral road and get a panoramic view of the 360¡ã landscape. According to reports, the main body of the project is a pure steel structure building, with a total steel volume of about 7,000 tons, which is the largest double helix steel structure building in the world. Its complex and bizarre shape is mainly composed of 330 ring units of completely different sizes and shapes and 32 diagonal

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The Double Spiral Viewing Platform of City Island on The West Bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha

CHANGSHA, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 - Aerial photo taken on Sept 9, 2024 shows the double spiral viewing platform of City Island on the west bank of Meixi Lake in Changsha, Central China's Hunan province. The platform looks like a "big vortex" rising from the lake when viewed from above. According to reports, the main body of this "whirlpool" viewing platform is a pure steel structure, about 35 meters high and about 86 meters in diameter. Its "vortex" shape is mainly composed of hundreds of ring units with completely different sizes and shapes and dozens of diagonal columns. From the ground floor of the platform, walk up the spiral road and get a panoramic view of the 360¡ã landscape. According to reports, the main body of the project is a pure steel structure building, with a total steel volume of about 7,000 tons, which is the largest double helix steel structure building in the world. Its complex and bizarre shape is mainly composed of 330 ring units of completely different sizes and shapes and 32 diagonal

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CHINA-GUANGZHOU-CANTON FAIR-SMART LIFE (CN)

(240417) -- GUANGZHOU, April 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Visitors view Whirlpool washing machines at the 135th session of the China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, April 17, 2024. The 135th session of the Canton Fair opened Monday in Guangzhou. The smart life product zone of the fair attracted nearly 200 exhibitors and numerous visitors. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)

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Oarai port soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show a whirlpool (L) caused by tsunami near Oarai port in the town of Oarai, Ibaraki Prefecture shortly after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake on March 11, 2011, and the same location on March 3, 2012 (R).

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Tsunami swirls in Oarai

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a whirlpool caused by a tsunami near a port in Oarai, Ibaraki Prefecture, after a powerful earthquake hit northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011.

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Movie produced to introduce street children in Bangladesh

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroki Watanabe talks about his movie titled ''The Whirlpool'' about street children in Bangladesh in an interview with Kyodo News in Yokohama on Nov. 7, 2009.

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Spring tides create whirlpools

NARUTO, Japan - A whirlpool is seen April 5 under the Onaruto Bridge linking the Japanese islands of Awaji (background) and Shikoku in western Japan as the spring tides come to the Naruto Straits off Tokushima Prefecture.

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Whirlpool tour season opens with ceremony

NARUTO, Japan - Mayumi Yanagawa, a woman promoting sightseeing trips to whirlpools off Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture, throws a golden key into the sea off Naruto on March 1 in a ceremony to open the tour season.

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2 types of mammoth cap cloud spotted bearing on Mt. Fuji

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Two types of mammoth cap cloud are spotted bearing on Mt. Fuji on Feb. 2 in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, one of them with a whirlpool pattern at its brim. The crest of one cloud sits on the summit of Mt. Fuji while the other encircles the mountain like a broad-brimmed hat.

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Late Australian police officer Kelly Foster honored for trying to save Chinese woman

STORY: Late Australian police officer Kelly Foster honored for trying to save Chinese woman DATELINE: Feb. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:03 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. Various of the medal resentation ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): XIAO QIAN, Chinese Ambassador to Australia 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): KAREN WEBB, Commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): TERRY FOSTER, Father of Kelly Foster 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): MARILYN FOSTER, Mother of Kelly Foster STORYLINE: Australian senior constable Kelly Foster, who lost her life last year trying to save a Chinese national, was awarded the Gold Great Wall Commemorative Medal by the Chinese ambassador to Australia Thursday. On Jan. 2, 2021, 39-year-old Foster was drowned in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales (NSW) when she attempted to help Chinese woman Jennifer Qi, who had been tipped off her inflatable lilo when it was swept into a whirlpool. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): XIAO QIAN, Chinese Ambassador to Australi

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