Community | June 17, 2008 | 1 comment

More than 1M homeless from flooding in China

source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080617/ap_on_re_as/china_floods;_ylt=AkIODo8jSb6wB7WVh.lGiA6s0NUE

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080617/ap_on_re_as/china_floods;_ylt=AkI...

GUANGZHOU, China - Weeks of rain pushed rivers over their banks in southern China, killing at least 112 people, displacing more than 1.27 million and forcing some to huddle on rooftops Monday as the region braced for more downpours.

The deaths have been reported in 12 provinces, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said on its Web site on Tuesday. Raging rivers have collapsed tens of thousands of homes, damaged crops across more than two million acres and causing more than an estimated $1.5 billion in economic losses.

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  • dcrc9596
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    • China has seen more than its fair share of natural disasters recently, I hope that the people will come through it stronger and that the death tolls do not rise at all. My prayers are with them.

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