- The tidal floods in China killed 10 people
- Missing is 33, the government is doing rescue operations.
- Si Jin-Pching called for intense reaction measures.
- Extreme weather affects China during the summer.
Ten persons died and 33 are missing after tidal floods in the northwest of Chinese province Kan -u, They introduced state media on Friday. According to the AFP report, TASR reports this.
“From August 7, strong persistent rain caused tidal floods. At 3:30 pm (09:30 CEST) 8. August died ten people and 33 is missing,” the CCTV state television said. Chinese President Si Jin-Pching ordered “making every effort” to save the missing, the television said. Given the “frequent occurrence of extreme weather”, he ordered all regions to strengthen the efforts in identifying risksadded CCTV.
In the photographs of the provincial government in Kan -u you can see roads covered with deposits and large stones. Natural disasters are a common phenomenon across China, especially during the summer, when some regions plague heavy rain, while others are exposed to large heat.
Last month, 44 people died in the north of Beijing as a result of tidal rainfall. China is the world’s largest greenhouse gas producer that drives the climate crisis and contribute to extreme weatherreminds AFP. However, the country is also a global power in the field of renewable energy sources in order to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.
