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| Floods in China claim scores of lives! "SHANGHAI — Torrential rains that have caused some of the worst flooding in 50 years and killed scores of people continued to batter a huge swath of southern China on Tuesday near one of the biggest manufacturing zones in the country. The government said the storms and floods killed at least 63 people over the past week, left 13 missing and affected more than 17 million people in nine southern provinces. The high waters have also inundated about 5.4 million acres of cropland, set off landslides and forced more than 1.5 million people to flee their homes in southern and central provinces. " Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/18/wo....html?ref=asia More Stories China braced for more flooding misery as rains continue - Times Online The Associated Press: China: Floods kill 63 this month
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