Since last two weeks, China has been receiving abundant rainfalls due to ongoing climatic changes across south-eastern Asia. The pounding rainfall has led to rising floods in China; two major provinces in southern China have been flooded by rain, as the water-level has reached record high levels of the decade.
As per media reports, these two provinces have rivers overflowed, banks broken, and pumping facilities dead, prompting excessive floods, work disruptions and difficult life sustenance.
The average rainfall received by the province of Guangdong located in the Shaoguan city, China has surpassed records as the province has been receiving continuous rainfall since last week of May. The breaching of historical records have led to the rising of flood alerts across the province to “Level I”, highest in the decade.
As per the interviews of local people, the residents have been asked to stay away from flowing water bodies and river banks. Communities residing in the lower parts of the province have been asked to relocate to higher ground. The reports issued by state run television channels state that the floodwater has reached a 50-yard high level.
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The headquarters of wind control, flood and drought of the Shaoguan city has reiterated that the government has issued shutdown measures, which are likely to be first imposed on construction sites, docks, public transportation centres, and businesses. The workers of these ventures failed to report at their jobs due to rising water levels.
Guandong’s Beijing River’s water-level has also risen by record high figures – it has beat the 1994 record of concerning levels of water. On the other hand, the city of Jiangxi lying towards the northeast region of the country, has had raised a flood “red alert” after 485,000 people were affected by the floods. These figures were produced by the Xinhua news agency without much elaboration.
Due to the flood situation, China’s economic losses have hit 470 million Yuan (approximately $70.21 millon). Around 43,300 hectares of crops have also been destroyed.
Until Tuesday, rainfalls across the southern provinces of China are expected to remain, and from Thursday, the forecast is going be clear. On the other hand, regions lying around the Yangtze River are witnessing sore heat, which has led hike power consumtion in the region.
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The Central Meteorological Observatory of China has issued an “orange warning” in light of the rising temperature levels in northern areas that include most parts of Beijing, southern Hebei, and central parts of Shandong, Henan and Tianjin.
