Heavy rain has lashed more than 10 cities in the Chinese province of Shandong since the weekend, inundating streets, disrupting traffic and renewing calls for better drainage in built-up areas where concrete and asphalt trap water.
The weather bureau issued thunderstorm alerts on Monday as vehicles in the northeastern province were stranded in waist-deep water, a video posted on the Weibo social media site showed.
Weather expert Zhang Jianyun told a climate change and extreme weather forum on Sunday that it was necessary to plan and intensively use underground spaces for drainage, storage and water-treatment, especially in big cities.Low-impact development and construction of "sponge cities" would also help reduce flood risk, Zhang said.
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