Its principles China they announced on Friday that natural disasters left 147 dead or missing in July in the country, which was hit by rains of historic severity in the region of the capital, Beijing.
“147 people lost their lives or are missing due to disasters”reported the Ministry of Emergency Management, while according to the same source “703,000 people” had to leave their homes in a hurry, over 2,300 homes were destroyed and economic losses are estimated at 15.8 billion yuan (2.2 billion euros).
Vast swathes of northern China were still awash in early August, under black waters carrying untold tons of trash and debris after days of historic rains in and around Beijing from Typhoon Doxuri. Typhoon Doxuri, downgraded to a storm, hit China after pounding the neighboring Philippines.
The Beijing Meteorological Agency announced on Wednesday that the rains that hit the Chinese capital were the heaviest since records began 140 years ago.
Dramatic aerial photographs of the city of Chuozhou, taken by an AFP crew, show shopping streets transformed into rivers of dark water.
In Beijing and its wider region, precipitation was recorded in 40 hours equal to that recorded on average in the whole of July. Authorities lifted the red alert for flooding on Wednesday morning.
Millions of people have been affected in recent weeks internationally by extreme weather events or heat waves. Events that, according to scientists, are being exacerbated by climate change.
Source: News Beast
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