Wuhan
encounters heavy rain.
While the Three Gorges is
flooding wildly, the downstream Wuhan is also being hit by heavy rain. The
Wuhan Meteorological Observatory issued a rainstorm orange warning signal at
14:07, Wuhan Meteorological Observatory issued
orange rainstorm warning signal:
It is expected that in the
next 3 hours, there will be more than 50 mm of precipitation in Jiangan,
Jianghan, Huangpi, and Jiangxia, accompanied by thunder and lightning, gusts of
magnitude 7-9, urban and rural waterlogging, geological disasters and high
meteorological risks. Please take precautions.
Chinese Officials
Warn That Worst Yet to Come as Flooding Reaches New Record.
Months of sustained downpours have battered China
with floods unseen in decades, displacing millions and testing the limits of
the world’s largest hydroelectric dam.
Such
rainfall is far from over, according to Chinese officials who, in a rare
admission, said grim challenges are ahead.
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