<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_South_China_floods" id="mwAY8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2008 South China floods">Severe flooding</a> begins in eastern and southern China that will ultimately cause 148 deaths and force the evacuation of 1.3<span id="mwAZA" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>million.