World More than 170 dead in China flooding; many still missing ************************************************************************ Los Angeles Times 12 hours ago Sign in to like Reblog on Tumblr Tweet More than 170 people died and scores remained missing after heavy rains touched off floods and landslides in China this week, officials said Saturday. State-run media put the economic losses at over $2 billion, and meteorologists warned that more thunderstorms were expected in the coming days. In northern China, where most of the deaths were concentrated, the worst-hit area was Hebei province, which encircles the capital, Beijing. At least 114 people died there, the provincial branch of the Ministry of Civil Affairs told the official New China News Agency on Saturday. An additional 111 people were still missing in Hebei as of Saturday. Authorities put the number of affected people in Hebei alone ...