Following the deaths caused by weather-related deaths in other parts of China, northern and western China are still on high alert as a result of more torrential rain.
Rains made their way to Gansu province in the northwest and then Liaoning province in the northeast on Thursday, making it extremely dangerous.
More than 1, 000 rescue workers were dispatched to Taiping, a town in central Henan province, on Wednesday as a river burst its banks, causing three people to pass away and three to go missing, according to state media.
After a heavy downpour on Wednesday and Thursday, another state media report confirmed the death of two people at a construction site in Gansu.
In Hubei, China’s central province of Xianfeng experienced a record-breaking summer downpour, bringing in more than a month of rain in just 12 hours, with local videos demonstrating how torrents werehed away cars.
Authorities there evacuated 18, 000 people on Tuesday, shut down schools, and halted bus services.
China’s Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing reaffirmed his country’s leadership’s call to increase the volume of evacuations over the course of a two-day visit to Hebei, which included a visit to the province’s northern province.
Although there is a nationwide system to forecast and monitor severe weather, scientists say it’s challenging to make localized forecasts, especially in rural areas without the capacity to do so.
Early this week, Meng Gao, a climate modelling specialist at Hong Kong Baptist University, told the Reuters news agency that it is challenging to accurately forecast the intensity and exact location of heavy rain.
More than $10 billion in economic losses were caused by the “plum rains” in China last July, which came about during the plum-ripening season.
Source: Aljazeera
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