Floods in China displace 1.27 million

June 17, 2008

FOSHAN, China Weeks of rain pushed rivers over their banks in southern China, displacing more than 1.27 million people and forcing some to huddle on rooftops yesterday as the region braced for more downpours. The floods killed 57 people, collapsed tens of thousands of homes, damaged crops across more than 2.12 million acres and caused more than an estimated $1.5 billion in economic losses.