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an hour ago
- Climate
- First Post
Gathering monsoon challenges China afresh, flash floods hit its struggling economy hard
Extreme rainfall and severe flooding, which meteorologists link to climate change, increasingly pose major challenges for policymakers as they threaten to overwhelm ageing flood defences, displace millions, and wreak havoc on China's $2.8 trillion agricultural sector read more A resident cleans up a street after heavy rainfall led to flooding, in Huaiji county of Zhaoqing, Guangdong province, China. Reuters Central and southern China were on high alert for more flash floods on Friday as the annual East Asia monsoon gathered pace and extreme rainfall threatened disruption in the world's second-largest economy. Red alerts, the first for this year, were issued late on Thursday covering the provinces of Anhui, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, and Guangxi region, state news agency Xinhua reported, citing the water resources ministry and national weather forecaster. Extreme rainfall and severe flooding, which meteorologists link to climate change, increasingly pose major challenges for policymakers as they threaten to overwhelm ageing flood defences, displace millions, and wreak havoc on China's $2.8 trillion agricultural sector. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD China's rainy season, which arrived earlier than usual this year in early June, is usually followed by intense heat that scorches any crops that survive waterlogged soil, depletes reservoirs, and warps roads and other infrastructure. Economic losses from natural disasters exceeded $10 billion last July, when the rainfall typically peaks. Damage was triple that amount in 2020 when China endured one of its longest rainy seasons in decades, lashed by rain for more than 60 days, or about three weeks longer than usual. On Thursday, heavy rain in southern Hunan triggered the largest floods since 1998 in the upper and lower reaches of the Lishui River after its water levels breached the safety mark by more than two metres. Videos uploaded to Douyin, as TikTok is known in China, show the river spilling onto main roads and carrying debris downstream. In the hilly metropolis of southwestern Chongqing, apartment blocks were submerged in muddy waters and some vehicles were swept away as floods gushed down streets, according to state media on Thursday. In some cases, the waters almost reached the top of power lines. Nearly 300 people were evacuated from towns and villages in a mountainous county in Chongqing, where cumulative daily rainfall had reached 304 mm (12 inches), with at least one local river swelling by 19 metres due to converging precipitation from the mountains, state broadcaster CCTV reported. On Wednesday, power supply was disrupted in the city of Zhaoqing in southern Guangdong province as flood waters rose more than five metres above warning levels, breaking historical records, local media reported. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD
Daily Mirror
an hour ago
- Daily Mirror
Police issue update on hunt for thug who poured scalding coffee on baby
WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: Baby Luka was with his mum when a complete stranger poured boiling hot coffee over him, sparking public outrage and a worldwide manhunt A heartless thug who poured boiling hot coffee over a nine-month old baby boy is still on the run, with police insisting they are "working hard" to try and find the attacker nearly one year on. Nine-month-old Luka was with his mum and friends at a picnic at Hanlon Park in Coorparoo, Brisbane when a man, unknown to the group, threw coffee over the infant. The random attack in August last year sparked public outrage and it's believed the attacker, a 33-year-old male, has since fled Australia. Queensland Police Service Acting Commissioner Shane Chelepy issued an update on the investigation on Thursday. He told radio station 4BC that investigations into the 'horrible incident' were ongoing. "This was a horrible incident that happened almost a year ago, it struck our investigators pretty hard," he said. "I give credit to those investigators, they're still working very hard on this, this isn't something we've parked in a corner; this was a very serious offence, and we're working hard on it. 'What I can say is we're still working with our international partners to progress this matter and to get a resolution here. We've got a range of investigative strategies.' Detectives believe the attacker is a 33-year-old Chinese national who left Australia and returned to China via New Zealand shortly after the incident. Acting Commissioner Chelepy said he did not "want to compromise investigative strategies" when he was asked on air if Queensland Police had sent detectives to China. Luka suffered life-threatening burns to his face, upper body and arm as a result of the attack and, in total, sustained burns to 60 per cent of his body. The suspected attacker was captured on CCTV footage fleeing the scene but, despite those CCTV images being circulated worldwide, the attacker remains at large. According to Chinese media reports, the man had been in Australia on multiple visas and worked at various sites along the East Coast. Luka had been happily enjoying the trip out and playing with a toy truck before the attack, with images taken afterwards showing the youngster swaddled in bandages and in pain. Friends at the time said the distraught and frantic mum had yelled "my baby, my baby", describing the incident as a "callous, random attack" on a baby who "does not deserve this pain and suffering". Disturbing footage taken while Luka was in hospital shows him screaming in pain, with medics having wrapped him in cling film to prevent infections. Luka's mother revealed in November that he has "healed really well", although he is "a bit wary of people' since the incident. Speaking to the Courier Mail she said: 'In those first few weeks, we had no idea what his future was going to look like, especially because the burns were so significant. He's healed really well and baby skin is amazing and the synthetic skin graft that they did worked really well.'
Nahar Net
2 hours ago
- Climate
- Nahar Net
River overflows in south China, stranding people and turning streets into canals
by Naharnet Newsdesk 20 June 2025, 14:00 Rescue workers used rubber dinghies to evacuate people and deliver food and water Wednesday after floodwaters overwhelmed towns in southern China's Guangdong province. About 30,000 people have been evacuated in Huaiji County after days of heavy rain, state broadcaster CCTV said. More than half of the county's roads were submerged and power and internet outages were widespread. The Suijiang River overflowed in an urban area, turning wide swaths of streets into canals. Aerial footage showed high-rise apartment buildings and leafy green trees sticking up from a sea of mud-colored water. In some parts, the water reached about halfway up the first floor and left only the tops of cars visible. Huaiji County is near the border with the Guangxi region and about 140 kilometers (90 miles) northwest of Guangzhou, a major industrial and port city that is the provincial capital. Tropical storm Wutip brought heavy rain to the region and was followed by monsoon rains earlier this week. Five people died in Guangxi in two landslides triggered by the tropical storm last weekend. A rescue worker interviewed on a livestream by the Southern Metropolis Daily newspaper said his team needed to evacuate seriously ill patients from a hospital. The team had delivered milk powder and water to a woman with a newborn baby and was sending supplies to dozens of children and elderly people who were at a school.
The Sun
2 hours ago
- The Sun
Urgent hunt for man ‘who performed indecent act in Costa Coffee before moving on to SECOND cafe' as cops release CCTV
POLICE have issued a CCTV appeal to identify a man with information relating to two incident acts. Both incidents took place in coffee shops in Gravesend, Kent. The first took place on Tuesday May 27 when a man approached a girl in a Costa Coffee on the corner of the High Street at around 12:50pm. Another incident is suspected to have happened at the same location. A further report was received that a man had exposed himself in Coffee Republic on New Road at around 1:30pm. Kent Police has now issued a CCTV appeal to identify a man they believe may have important information relating to the linked cases. They said: "Investigators are treating the two reports as linked and are now able to release an image of a man they wish to speak to, since he may have important information. "Anyone who recognises the man is urged to come forward. 01474 366149 quoting 46/88923/25."
South China Morning Post
3 hours ago
- Business
- South China Morning Post
China, New Zealand have ‘no conflict of interest', Xi Jinping tells Christopher Luxon
China has 'no fundamental conflict of interest' with New Zealand , President Xi Jinping told New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in Beijing on Friday while calling for the constructive management of differences. 'Both sides should adhere to mutual respect, seek common ground while acknowledging differences, and correctly view and manage their differences and disagreements,' Xi was quoted as saying by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV. Just ahead of Luxon's arrival in the Chinese capital late on Thursday, Wellington announced that it was suspending funding to the Cook Islands over the Pacific archipelago's deepening ties with Beijing. 'China and New Zealand have no historical grievances or fundamental conflicts of interest,' Xi told Luxon, adding that cooperation should be accorded 'a more prominent position' in the relationship. He also called for the two countries to leverage their complementary strengths to deepen trade and investment ties. 'We should also explore potential for collaboration in technological innovation, climate change and infrastructure development,' Xi said.
