US EditionStorms Dump Nearly a Year of Rain in Northern China, 19,000 Evacuated
NORTHERN CHINA, BAODING, HEBEI PROVINCE, JUL 25 – Over 19,000 residents evacuated as Baoding received 447.4mm of rain in 24 hours, the highest recorded in Hebei province amid ongoing flood risks and infrastructure challenges.
- Storms brought an amount of rain to Baoding, Hebei province, close to what the city typically receives in an entire year, leading to the evacuation of 19,453 individuals from 6,171 households by early Friday morning.
- This record-breaking rainfall is part of a trend of higher-than-normal yearly precipitation in northern China beginning in 2020, which some scientists attribute to the effects of global warming on the region’s typically dry climate.
- Baoding maintained a red alert on Friday morning, with rains forecast to accumulate over 50mm in six hours from Friday afternoon until Saturday morning, threatening flash floods and landslides.
- The China Meteorological Administration compared this precipitation to a 2023 typhoon that inundated Beijing with rainfall unseen in 140 years, while authorities suspended passenger trains from Friday to Tuesday over flood risks.
- The heavy rains caused widespread flooding, road closures, and prompted increased emergency preparedness in Hebei, reflecting challenges to aging flood defenses and risks to millions and a $2.8 trillion agricultural sector.
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Storms bring nearly year's worth of rain in northern China, 19,000 evacuated - 17.6 inches of rainfall in 24 hours
Storms in northern China have poured nearly a year's rainfall on Baoding, an industrial city on the doorstep of the capital Beijing, forcing over 19,000 people out of their homes as streets began to go under water and roads were being cut off. As much as 447.4 mm (17.6 inches) of rain fell in Yi, in the western part of Baoding, in the 24 hours to early Friday morning, and records were reset at a number of weather stations in Hebei province, whic…
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Storms dump nearly a year of rain in northern China, 19,000 evacuated
BEIJING: Storms in northern China have poured nearly a year's rainfall on Baoding, an industrial city on the doorstep of the capital Beijing, forcing over 19,000 people out of their homes as streets began to go under water and roads were being cut off. As much as 448.7mm of rain fell in Yi, an area in
Storm dumps one year's worth of rain in a day in China, over 19,000 people evacuated
Baoding's Zhuozhou, which suffered devastating floods in those rains two years ago, saw access to several bridges and roads cut off after the storms unleashed more than 190 mm of rain by Friday morning.
The Standard
The West AustralianStorms dump nearly a year of rain in northern China
Nearly 20,000 people have been evacuated in northern China following near record-breaking rainfall.
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