BEIJING: Nearly a quarter of a million people were forced to leave eastern China as a result of rainstorms that slammed swathes of the nation and swelled the Yangtze and other rivers, according to state media on Wednesday ( Jul 3 ).
In recent months, China has experienced extreme weather conditions, ranging from severe rain to scalding steam tides.
The nation produces the most greenhouse gases, which professionals claim contribute to climate change and increase the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events.
According to the state news agency Xinhua, the winds had affected 991, 000 inhabitants of Anhui state and forced the evacuation of 242, 000 persons by Tuesday evening.
” As of 4pm ( 4pm, Singapore day ) Tuesday, rainstorms had wreaked havoc in 36 counties and towns in seven prefecture- level places in Anhui”, Xinhua reported, citing the provincial emergency- administration department.
It said the Yangtze, China’s longest valley, has seen water rates in its Anhui part exceed warning signs and continue to rise.
In addition, another 20 streams and six lakes in the state have experienced dangerous rains that have elevated the water’s sensitive levels.
A monument in the area of Wuhu, which is typically 12 meters above the liquid column, was captured on video from state broadcaster CCTV on Wednesday.
Images showed red-carrying, volunteer volunteers with umbrellas patrolling the water’s edge and storing bright red life jackets and lifeboats along the beach.
Thousands of weather stations in Anhui recorded more than 100 millimeters of precipitation between 5 p.m. on Monday and 5 p.m. on Tuesday, according to Xinhua.
In Hexi state, near the municipal capital of Hefei, about 266 millimetres were recorded.
Xinhua reported that tens of thousands of leaders have been stationed to observe dams and rocks along the Yangtze in Anhui.
The municipal weather office issued instructions for “geological tragedies” in southeastern areas and forecast more rain to befall swathes of Anhui from Wednesday through Friday.
In southeastern China, dangerous tragedies have recently been caused by heavy rain.
According to state media reports, five people died last month as a result of rock floods in northern Hunan, and eight others died as a result of a disaster in the same province.
In southeastern Guangdong province, 38 people died as a result of heavy rain and flooding in June.