WORLD NEWS: 11 MISSING, THOUSANDS EVACUATED AS FLOOD RAVAGE SOUTH CHINA
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Following storms that pounded southern China, state media reported on Monday that eleven people were missing. Tens of thousands of people were evacuated to avoid the intense rains.
In recent days, the large southern province of Guangdong has seen heavy rain, which has swollen rivers and sparked fears of major flooding that may be “seen around once a century,” according to state media.
“A total of 11 people are missing after continuous heavy rainfall hit many parts of (Guangdong) in recent days,” state news agency Xinhua said, citing the local emergency management department.
It further stated that around 53,000 individuals have been moved throughout the province.
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According to official media on Sunday, more than 45,000 of them were evacuated from Qingyuan, a city in northern Guangdong that sits astride the banks of the Bei River, a tributary of the larger Pearl River Delta.
Heavy rain is expected to continue on Monday, with meteorological authorities forecasting “thunderstorms and strong winds in Guangdong’s coastal waters” — a stretch of sea bordering major cities including Hong Kong and Shenzhen.
Neighbouring provinces, including parts of Fujian, Guizhou and Guangxi, will also be affected by “short-term heavy rainfall”, the National Meteorological Centre said.
“It is expected that the main impact period of strong convection will last from daytime until night,” it added.
Home to almost 127 million people, Guangdong Province is China’s heavily populated manufacturing heartland.
Six people were hurt and several more were stranded in landslides in Jiangwan on Sunday as a result of heavy rain, according to state media.
Images released by state broadcaster CCTV showed people taking refuge in a drenched public sports court and waterfront mansions completely wrecked by a wall of brown muck.
According to a Sunday CCTV report, flooding up to 5.8 metres (19 feet) over the warning level might occur on Monday morning in tributaries of the Pearl River.
Extreme weather is nothing new to China, but in recent years, the nation has experienced record heat, devastating floods, and grinding droughts.
Climate change driven by human-emitted greenhouse gases makes extreme weather events more frequent and intense, and China is the world’s biggest emitter.
AFP
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