Climate change threatens China with yet another deadly flood season


In this file photograph taken on July 26, 2021, a man walks through floodwaters in Yuyao near the city of Ningbo in eastern China's Zhejiang province, after heavy rains brought by the passage of Typhoon In-Fa inundated the eastern coast of China. - AFP

BEIJING (Bloomberg): As China’s rainy season starts, National Climate Centre forecasts show that flooding in the north and south of the country could be as bad as last summer when torrential rain killed hundreds. Cities that house millions of people have little time to prepare.

More than 27,000 residents from 22 counties in the southern province of Guangxi were affected by heavy rains last week and more than 2,300 hectares of crops were damaged, causing 104 million yuan (US$15.4 million) in losses. In Guangdong, another southern province, many cities shut down kindergartens, primary and secondary schools due to the downpours.

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