From dangerous discharge by swollen rivers to residents trapped in waterlogged cities, China's disaster-response systems are being put to the test, with record rainfall potentially taking weeks to recede following one of the strongest storms in years
has battered the north, breaking a 140-year rainfall record in Beijing and dumping more than a year's rain in Hebei, a populous province.
In the summer of 1996, large-scale flooding in the Yangtze river basin in central China killed about 2,800 people, damaged millions of homes and inundated swathes of cropland. Official data shows that about 98% of China's 654 major cities are prone to flooding and waterlogging. Rainfall in the northeastern provinces could increase as much as 50% in August, China's national forecaster said on Thursday.
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