From coping with dangerously swollen rivers to helping residents trapped in waterlogged cities, China's disaster-response systems are being put to the test after one of the strongest storms in years brought record rainfall that could take weeks to recede.
, breaking Beijing's 140-year rainfall record and dumping volumes of rain that normally fall in a whole year in the populous province of Hebei.
The Hai river basin, where five rivers converge and which includes Hebei and Beijing, is going through a "flood evolution process" with its flood-control engineering systems experiencing the "most severe test" since inundations in 1996, state media reported. China has long been aware of urban waterlogging risks, with rapid urbanisation creating metropolitan sprawls that cover floodplains with concrete. Extreme weather driven by global warming is making it worse.People stand on a front loader travelling through floodwaters after the rains and floods brought by remnants of Typhoon Doksuri, in Zhuozhou, Hebei province, China August 3, 2023.
"Is there no way to discharge the water now? The water is not receding and the rescue efficiency is too low," said one social media user, alarmed that some places in Zhuozhou are 6 metres under water.But rescue efforts have been difficult.
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