Dam breach triggers floods in central China

Automobiles other than those assisting with disaster prevention are prohibited from passing through during the control period, according to a statement from the center on the social media platform Weibo.

President Xi Jinping “urged all- out rescue and relief job to protect women’s existence and property”, Xinhua reported on Saturday.

According to Xinhua, the disaster management government dispatched around 800 people, roughly 150 vehicles, and dozens of boats to help prevent the violation and coordinate disaster relief efforts.

The central government has earmarked an extra 540 million yuan ( US$ 74 million ) in relief funding for Hunan and another disaster- struck areas, CCTV reported, citing the fund and crisis management ministries.

China is experiencing a summer full of extreme weather, with flood affecting both the central and southern regions and causing significant heat wave sputtering in the north.

The Asian large is the world’s top emitter of greenhouse gases, which researchers claim contribute to global warming and increase the frequency and intensity of extreme weather.

According to state media, almost a third of a million individuals were evacuated from eastern China this year as a result of thunderstorms that swelled the Yangtze and other waterways.

Last month, dangerous mountain floods and landslides affected Hunan, and southern Guangdong province’s deadly deluges also resulted in 38 deaths.

And lots of others were hurt as a result of a tornado’s death toll on Friday in eastern Shandong province increased from one to five, according to CCTV on Saturday.