Week Of Flooding In Southern China Kills 37

BEIJING (AP) — Flooding over the past week in China's south has killed 37 people, left six missing, and forced almost half a million people from their homes, the government said Monday. At least 25,000 homes have been destroyed by the flood waters and at least 440,000 people have been displaced, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said in a statement on its website.

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