China’s Guangxi deluged by floodwaters from upstream province • FRANCE 24 English

navigating the inundated streets of a village in Guay Joe province these rescue workers come to the aid of residents If you are trapped please put your head out of the window Heavy rain caused a nearby river to overflow submerging groundfloor apartments Inside one of them workers found an 80-year-old man unable to evacuate due to breathing difficulties Don’t be afraid We are stabilizing the ladder for you Don’t worry Widespread flooding began in Guay Joe in southwest China on Tuesday forcing more than 80,000 people from their homes The neighboring Guanchi province has also been devastated by flood waters Though with levels receding in some areas locals remained on alert Thursday for secondary problems like landslides and hydro dam overflows In this part of Min Village the cleanup has already begun We have organized the villagers to first clean up the mud in their homes themselves In areas where the mud is thick will dispatch forklifts and bulldozers to remove it It comes two weeks after Typhoon Wuip which prompted the evacuations of some 70,000 people in the south of the country Extreme storms and severe flooding which meteorologists link to climate change increasingly pose major challenges for Chinese officials threatening to overwhelm aging flood defenses displace millions of people and cause billions of euros in economic losses is

Towns and villages by a major river in China’s Guangxi lay half-submerged as floodwaters from a province upstream roared into the mountainous region, with the expected landfall of a tropical cyclone later on June 26 compounding disaster risk.
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5 comments

  5. The Amazon River has a vast plain that is seasonally flooded. South China is similar. Even after the forests are removed for thousands of years, the weather pattern persists. Every summer, it reverts to a flooded plain. Of course, global warming exacerbates the flooding.

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