MASS EVACUATIONS FORCED BY MEGA FLOODING IN SOUTH CHINA
Posted by feww on June 6, 2014
EXTREME WEATHER & CLIMATIC EVENTS
EXTREME RAIN EVENTS
SEVERE FLOODING
MEGA DISASTER
MASS DISPLACEMENT
SCENARIOS 444, 070, 023
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20,000+ homes destroyed or damaged, 100,000 people evacuated in S China
The latest round of Extreme Rain Events have triggered major flooding across south China affecting about 2 million people, and leaving at least two dozen dead in Guizhou and Sichuan provinces as well as Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
In Guizhou Province alone, flooding has severely affected more than 1.2 million people in 44 counties forcing mass evacuation of at least 88,000 people. At least 18,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, said the Guizhou Civil Affairs Department, reported Xinhua.
Power, water and communications lines were cut off across most of Guizhou Province, said reports.
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Earlier this month …
- Extreme Rain Events, Flooding Devastate SW China Posted by feww on June 3, 2014
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- Deadly Floods Affect 6 Million People in China May 27, 2014
- China Battered by Extreme Rain Events, Deadly Floods, Landslides May 24, 2014
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