BEIJING: Chinese authorities have warned of extreme weather and 'multiple natural disasters' in the coming month, as heavy rain in parts of the country led to thousands being evacuated. An alert was in place on Tuesday (Jul 4) for rain-triggered disasters in large swathes of central and southwestern China,
BEIJING: Chinese authorities have warned of extreme weather and"multiple natural disasters" in the coming month, as heavy rain in parts of the country led to thousands being evacuated.
Dozens of homes and roads were damaged in northwest China's Shaanxi province during"once-in-fifty-years" torrential rains over the weekend, the Chongqing Daily said on Monday. Chinese media published footage of cars drifting down a flooded road in Hunan last week, and murky torrents gushing past apartment blocks and shops.
The floods coincided with record heat waves in other parts of China, with the country's National Meteorological Center warning residents in the capital Beijing and a dozen other regions to stay indoors with temperatures over 35 degrees Celsius. China recorded an average of 4.1 days each month in the first half of this year in which the mercury exceeded 35 degrees, the highest since national records began in 1961, according to a National Meteorological Center statement on Sunday.
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