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Record-Breaking Flooding In China Has Left Over One Million People Displaced
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Record-Breaking Flooding In China Has Left Over One Million People Displaced
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XINXIANG, China First the sky darkened. Then came the rain for three straight days.
Inside her restaurant, Wang Ana barricaded the doors in an effort to stop water from seeping in. When that didn t work, she grabbed her young son and a broom handle, using it to steady the two of them as they waded through the chin-high floodwaters back home. We could only hold on to each other, says Wang, a resident of Zhengzhou, the capital city of central Henan province and home to approximately 12 million people.
Starting last Tuesday, storms dropped the equivalent of one year s worth of water on the city in a 72 hour period before moving northward, flooding large swathes of Henan province in China. Authorities say the rains have displaced more than a million people and at least 63 people dead in what should have been – in theory – once-in-a-thousand-year floods.
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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Extreme weather events - punishing heat in Canada and Siberia, flooding in Western Europe, drought and wildfires in the U.S. Our planet is violently reacting to climate change because of the burning of fossil fuels by us. In a moment, we ll hear from a climate scientist about how he thinks climate chaos could play out in the future.
Right now, the devastation from flooding in central China following record-setting rains last week. About a year s worth of rain fell in just three days in one city of 12 million residents, the city of Zhengzhou. So far, at least 58 people have died. NPR s Emily Feng traveled to the flood zone and brings us this report.
Record-Breaking Flooding In China Has Left Over One Million People Displaced
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