Understanding what happened:
Beijing Historic Flood: China’s Man Made Disasters
China intentionally flooded an area south of Beijing to avoid the pet projects of Xi Jinping from getting destroyed. What about the people in that area? The people of Zhuozhou are left to survive the flood on their own.
In the middle of the night, a sudden surge of flood water discharged by Beijing destroyed the buildings.
People are stranded and could take rescue efforts (minimal) weeks to get to them all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCveR_gCwGk
Nearly 1 million people in China’s northern Hebei province were relocated after record rains forced authorities to channel water from swollen rivers to some populated areas for storage, sparking anger online over the homes sacrificed to save Beijing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8hBegVkBAI