Deadly China Flooding Strands 1 Million Floods leave one million homeless in India's northeast Deadly China Flooding Strands 1 Million "Flooding ... has killed 13 people and left more than 1 million stranded, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
In emergencies, authorities destroy dikes upstream from major cities to let swollen rivers drain into farmland and rural townships.
Rising waters have cut off access to the homes of 1.15 million people.
Flooding has forced the evacuation of 378,900 people in Anhui.
Authorities said on Monday that 200,000 people had been moved out of rural areas that were intentionally flooded by the demolition of seven dikes. The government said there were 15 other flood diversion areas that might be flooded if necessary."
I sure hope some of these hundreds of thousands of poor folks have their bug in/out kits. Those numbers are shocking.