Severe flooding in China

A general view shows a flood-hit area of Lanxi, in eastern China's Zhejiang province, June 20, 2011. Flood-hit areas of central and southern China braced for more heavy rains Monday after millions of people were forced to evacuate or were otherwise affected by the early onset of the rainy season.

A general view shows a flooded street in Lanxi, east China's Zhejiang province on June 20, 2011. Flooding in eastern and southern China this month has triggered landslides, cut power and telecommunications, and left more than 180 people dead or missing.

People ride a boat through floodwater in Lanxi, east China's Zhejiang province on June 20, 2011. Millions of people were forced to evacuate or were otherwise affected by the early onset of the rainy season.

People ride a boat through floodwater in Lanxi, east China's Zhejiang province on June 20, 2011.

Chinese farmers rescue their pigs in flood waters after heavy rains hit Lanxi, east China's Zhejiang province on June 20, 2011.

Chinese students make their way across a flooded school compound by way of a row of chairs, in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province, June 18, 2011.

Vehicles are trapped in a flooded street after heavy rainfall on June 18, 2011 in Wuhan, Hubei Province of China. A heavy rainstorm hit Wuhan on Saturday, causing flooding across the region.

Algae floats in the Hanjiang river, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Wuhan after rain-triggered floods, in central China's Hubei province on June 20, 2011.

People take photos in a flooded street after heavy rainfall on June 18, 2011 in Wuhan, Hubei Province of China.

A man on a motor scooter makes his way through floodwater in Yingtan, east China's Jiangxi Province, June 19, 2011.

People make their way through flood water in Lanxi, east China's Zhejiang province on June 20, 2011.

A bus drives through a flooded street after heavy rainfall on June 18, 2011 in Wuhan, Hubei Province of China.

A Chinese woman wades through a flooded road as a car passes by in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province, June 18, 2011.

Pedestrians wade in a flooded street after heavy rainfall on June 18, 2011 in Wuhan, Hubei Province of China.

ehicles pack a flooded street after heavy rainfall on June 18, 2011 in Wuhan, Hubei Province of China.