It's tough to get my understanding around the idea of a million people running for higher ground. A million people leaving the lives that they formerly knew, and their possessions because the dam might fail.
China Floods Kill 55, 1 Million Flee
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BEIJING (AP) -- At least 55 people have died and seven are missing in flooding across a broad stretch of southern China, state media reported Sunday.
More than 1.2 million people have been forced to flee their homes across nine provinces, including Sichuan, which is still reeling from last month's earthquake that killed almost 70,000 people, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
(snip)Just to the south, communities with tens of thousands of people were threatened by the swollen Xijiang River in the Guangxi region, where a 130-foot crack had opened in an embankment near Changzhou, Xinhua said.
Nearly 120,000 people fled to high ground in the nearby town of Longhua when river water began to pour through the gap, it said.
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Marty you seem to have an inordinate interest in natural disasters around the world.
Joe.......