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Floods hit Southern China - Sina

Floods–beast, beast–floods (Ê¥™Ê∞¥ÁåõÂÖΩ) as a Chinese idiom compares the two. The difference is floods can take away lives of hundreds of people once, much worse than the beast. See the AP report and photos from Xinhua:

Floods in Shunchang county of Fujian.

Floods in Fengshun County of Guangdong.

Floods in Fengshun County of Guangdong.

• Posted by Wu Nan
• June 13, 2007 5:53 AM
• Category: Environmental Crisis, Society
• Tags: floods, Fujian, global warming, Guangzhou, photos

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