Saturday, July 4, 2020

IN the NEWS - 19,000,000 Flooded in China

... the sea and the waves roaring.. Luke 21:25

Sure there's been Flooding many times through world history. But place this in the backdrop of Covid-19, Mob Chaos in the streets worldwide, elephants dropping dead by the hundreds in Africa, 2 massive Locust plagues this year on the planet, Fear of Global Economic Collapse, ...and...you get the picture.

"The southwestern Chinese megacity of Chongqing is the latest area to be hit by flooding, as southern parts of the country battles with the worst flooding it has seen in decades.

 
Weeks of heavy rainfall have wreaked destruction across 26 provinces, affecting 19 million residents. At least 106 people have been confirmed dead or missing.

Chongqing has been lashed by intense rains since July 1, affecting 28 of its 38 counties, according to a July 2 report by Chinese state-run People’s Daily. The highest rainfall reached 128mm (5 inches) that day.


Local authorities in one area in Chongqing have warned those who live on the fourth story or below in buildings close to rivers to be prepared to evacuate.

Chongqing Hydrological Bureau told us that the flooding this year is very bad,” an official from Shanhuwan neighborhood in Chongqing told the Chinese-language Epoch
Times by phone on July 2.  The official said intense rains have been forecasted for the entire month in Chongqing.

Mr. Liu, a resident in Qijiang district in Chongqing, told the Chinese-language Epoch Times on July 2 that the downtown area in the district flooded the day before, and the water levels of the Qijiang river swelled by 10 feet.
Chinese Ministry of Water Resources announced: “As of noon of July 1, the water level of 304 rivers in China have exceeded critical limits."
EpochTimes