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Floods in China cause a lot of damage. Several areas in Henan and Zhengzhou were also hit by disasters such as landslides, flooded dams, overflowing rivers, and submerged subways.
Losses due to flooding are said to have reached 1.22 billion yuan or US$ 190 million or equivalent to Rp. 2.7 trillion (assuming an exchange rate of Rp. 14,497). There were also fatalities.
For example, the 14 workers who died in the toll road tunnel project. These workers are said to be unable to save themselves when the water comes.
Then on the subway, there were 500 people trapped and 12 of them died. The water level in the subway is as high as an adult.
Hundreds of trapped people tried to hold their heads up so they could breathe. This flood also closed highways and caused cars and buildings to be submerged.
Not only that, an aluminum factory was also affected by the flood. The plant exploded because the Dengfeng Power Group power plant exploded and when a flood occurred the current entered the plant and spread into a high-temperature solution. There were no fatalities in this accident incident.
The Henan Meteorological Agency said that if flood in china caused by high rainfall. Professor Lee Kuan Yew School of Singapore, Eduardo Araral said the Chinese government must evaluate if infrastructure projects affect the current extreme weather that has led to flooding in China.
“First of all, the Chinese government must be aware that infrastructure projects in the past were very vulnerable to this incident,” he said Reuters, Friday (23/7/2021).
This is the same as what happened in Germany. He revealed climate change greatly affects rainfall.
Chinese authorities have warned that extreme weather will continue in the future. The high rainfall in recent days is said to be the highest for 1,000 years.
Zhengzhou City, with a population of 12 million people, was one of the worst-hit areas flood, with 12 people killed after being trapped for hours on the subway lines. Meanwhile in Henan with 99 million inhabitants, one of the most populous and poorest provinces in China, with lots of agricultural land and factories.
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