What's happening in northern China? News are interrupted and people are being silenced. It seems that to prevent a massive flood in Beijing, the authorities have let wide open the dam doors and a lot of cities are being flooded.
1692362819 Name: Anonymous : 2023-08-18 12:46:59
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As the flooding emergency in western Beijing turned deadlier at the beginning of this week, taking out bridges, washing away dozens of cars at a time, and wreaking havoc on the city, the decision was made to divert the raging waters.
The effect was almost immediate. The pressure came off in the capital, but the water had to go somewhere.
By Tuesday, it was hitting Zhuozhou in neighbouring Hebei Province with a force the locals didn't expect.
The town was soon cut off from the outside as its buildings became islands. Soon the electricity and drinking water were gone.
They were in trouble.
Boats were the obvious choice for emergency teams to reach people. But with the initial rescue effort focused on Beijing with its much larger population, officials there said they were desperately short of watercraft for the task at hand.
By Wednesday, the relief effort arrived.
Fire brigade rescue teams were there in large numbers at a staging post on dry land, and boats were lined up along a road which had become a river. Inflatable craft were being launched and, using outboard motors, driven into the inundated centre of town.
Columns of heavy diggers were also driving into the safe part of town, but they weren't being used to move rock and soil. They were there to rescue people, who carrying only a few belongings, clung to the powerful trucks. Even the shovels at the front were packed with dazed residents.