Residents of flood-ravaged Henan Province in China have had their digital-orientated lifestyles disrupted by widespread power outages. Due to a prevalence of online payment apps, outages in the city of Zhengzhou have interfered with many citizens’ daily activities, such as ordering food and access to other necessities. Many aspects of daily life for Chinese people…
China’s Big Data Failing to Help Flood Victims
July 27, 2021
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Highly Digitized Lifestyles Adds to Flood Woes in China
July 27, 2021
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Residents of flood-ravaged Henan Province in China have had their digital-orientated lifestyles disrupted by widespread power outages. Due to a prevalence of online payment apps, outages in the city of Zhengzhou have interfered with many citizens’ daily activities, such as ordering food and access to other necessities. Many aspects of daily life for Chinese people…
Absent Help From Authorities, Locals Take Relief Work Into Their Own Hands in Flood-Hit Central China
Two days and two nights. That was how long it took for some more than 400 villagers in a flooded Chinese town to raise the walls of a dam to protect their homes from rising waters. It took but a few hours for the officials to tear it down. When the villagers protested, the authorities…
Homes, Roads, Hospitals Flooded as Storms Batter England’s South
Homes, roads, and Tube stations have been flooded while two London hospitals asked patients to stay away after thunderstorms battered the south of England on Sunday. The Environment Agency has six flood warnings in place across the country’s southeast, while there are 19 alerts for potential flooding active throughout England and Wales. The wettest part…
Philippines Evacuates Thousands as Monsoon Rains Flood Manila, Provinces
MANILA—Philippine authorities moved thousands of residents in the capital, Manila, out of low-lying communities on Saturday as heavy monsoon rains, compounded by a tropical storm, flooded the city and nearby provinces. The national disaster agency said about 15,000 people, most of them from a flood-prone Manila suburb, had moved into evacuation centres. “We decided to…
Deadly Flood Inundates Zhengzhou City, Trapping People Underground in Subway and on Trains
Almost a year’s rainfall fell in three days on Zhenzhou, the capital city of China’s central Henan province between July 17–20, inundating reservoirs and flooding the underground system for the subway and trains. Many of Zhengzhou’s water reservoirs, including Changzhuang, Guojiazui, and Jialu River, were filled to overflowing. Zhengzhou’s railways, highways, and civil aviation traffic…
German Railway: Floods Caused $1.5 Billion Damage to Network
BERLIN—Germany’s national railway operator estimated on Friday that last week’s flooding caused damage worth 1.3 billion euros ($1.5 billion) to its network, offering another glimpse of the extent of the devastation. Authorities are still working to determine the overall cost of the floods that did their worst damage in western Germany and eastern Belgium. German…
Bodies Recovered From Tunnel That Was Submerged by Floodwaters in Central China
Bodies have been recovered after massive floods swallowed up a tunnel in a central Chinese city earlier this week, trapping hundreds of vehicles and drivers. An online video posted on July 23 shows rescuers transporting covered bodies from the tunnel. It comes after hundreds of thousands of cubic liters of water filled the tunnel within…
As Deadly Flood And Power Outages Devastate Chinese City, Critically-ill Patients Rely on Manual Respirators
On July 20 local time, record-breaking rainfall ravaged Zhengzhou, Henan, and other places in China, causing severe floods. Authorities claimed that the scale of the floods was “once in 5,000 years.” In addition to the direct casualties caused by the floods, most urban areas in Zhengzhou, the worst-hit city thus far, have experienced power outages….
Heavy Rain Forecast to Hit German Flood Regions Over Weekend
BONN, Germany—Germany’s national weather service said Thursday that regions hit by deadly floods last week could see more heavy rain this weekend. The DWD weather service said localized storms were likely from midday Saturday, expanding to large parts of Rhineland-Palatinate state later in the day. Officials said Thursday that the death toll from last week’s…
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