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Torrential rains that fell in China on Monday, as a result of Typhoon Gaemi, left at least 30 dead and 35 missing in a village in the center of the country, state television CCTV reported Thursday, August 1, 2024.
11,000 citizens evacuated
The town of Zixing, located about 1,500 kilometers southwest of Beijing, experienced record numbers at the beginning of the week with 645 millimeters of rain recorded in 24 hours, the official Xinhua news agency reported at the time.
A village attached to the city of Zixing had been temporarily cut off from the world, with no communications or road network.
The government was urgently evacuated, more than 5,000 rescuers and more than 11,000 citizens were evacuated, according to Xinhua. The most recent report, dating from Tuesday, reported 4 deaths and 3 missing.
Extreme events
China is experiencing a summer marked by extreme events, with torrential rains and climatic floods but also local temperatures.
Much of the north has been hit by heatwaves, including the capital Beijing, with several days above 35C. This type of phenomenon is aggravated by climate change, according to scientists.
Last week, heavy rains from Typhoon Gaemi caused severe flooding in the Philippine capital, Manila, and parts of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.
The typhoon, which was the strongest to hit Taiwan in eight years, killed at least five other people and injured hundreds. In the Philippines, it exacerbated seasonal rains and triggered floods and landslides that killed at least 30 other people.
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