China: Long drought, record flood

While many parts of China suffer from the longest, heaviest rains in the year, millions of people in this country experience severe droughts.

In Shanxi Province, northwest China, 21 people were killed and 18 others were still missing due to floods when prolonged heavy rains began on Saturday. On the morning of July 31, an estimated 660,000 people in Son Tay were affected by the flood, more than 38,000 people were evacuated.

According to Xinhua, this year, as of this time, more than 700 people have died from floods, landslides, and thunder. In the meantime, the Three Gorges Dam project through the Yangtze River has for the first time entered a flood resistance test.

Many regions of China experience prolonged drought (Photo: VNN)

On Monday, the International Red Cross Association and Red Crescent Society described flooding this summer as the "worst flood season in China in the last 10 years".

In 2005, more than 1,000 people died in the annual flood season in China. The number of people killed in the rainy season reached the highest level in 1998 with 4,185 people.

Since Monday, Beijing Capital is also experiencing the biggest rainy days in this summer. The city's international airport has canceled many flights, causing 10,000 passengers to be stuck. Airport pickers become "chaotic" when children, the elderly are lying on the floor, passengers are glamorous with bags and angry with the flying company when they are late in providing food, accommodation

Rain flooded Beijing, and in northern and northeastern China, the worst drought in two decades happened, according to the Chinese Meteorological Agency. In Hunan province, the drought lasts for four months, causing about 1.2 million people to be severely deprived of water.

Shanghai, the largest city in China, has also suffered the sweltering, hot summer of many years.

United Mail