Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Rain Rain Go Away It has been pouring down rain. Yesterday they hoisted the Amber Rain Warning. When that happens kindegarten children don't have to to go to school, because there have been cases, in the past, of children being swept away in flash floods. Hong Kong's drainage department has engineered the city, so that we effectively deal with the heavy rains, with little loss of life now. The situation in China, however, is not so good. Every years hundreds of people die in flooding. This report from Radio Netherlands highlights some of the challenges China faces currently. "Southern city evacuated as Chinese floods continue In view of continuing flooding in southern China, the authorities have partly evacuated the industrial city of Wuzhou. One hundred thousand inhabitants of low-lying districts were moved in great haste in the middle of the night, when the level of the Xijiang river rose to more than eight metres above the critical level. China has been suffering serious flooding for several weeks. Earlier this month 105 children were killed when a primary school in the northeast of the country was swept away by flood waters. Dozens of people have died in other parts of the country and hundreds of thousands have been evacuated. Millions of euros worth of damage has been caused." Read more reports from the Radio Netherlands below: Southern city evacuated as Chinese floods continue. Southern city evacuated as Chinese floods continue In view of continuing flooding in southern China, the authorities have partly evacuated the industrial city of Wuzhou. [Moreover - China news] 11:32:11 PM    comment []

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