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China says worst of flooding still to come as situation is severe
The Straits Times (Singapore) ^ | JUL 27, 2020 | (Author Not Cited)

Posted on 07/27/2020 7:16:48 PM PDT by BeauBo

China warned that the worst of the deluges that have led millions to be evacuated may be yet to come, after a third wave of floods formed in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River on Sunday (July 26).

"The flood control and flood fighting situation is severe," China's water resources ministry said in a statement. "The new peak may appear later."

The authorities ordered the Three Gorges Reservoir to save its water-storing capacity in preparation for more flows, and forecast another three days of torrential rain in the southern region.

China's south has been battered by severe floods after water levels reached records. More than 2 million people have been evacuated this month along the Yangtze River, Asia's longest, with 142 dead or missing since the flooding began in June.

It has also caused over 116 billion yuan (S$23 billion) in damage, and impacted more than 2.4 million ha of crops in July.

The Three Gorges Reservoir is expecting water inflows to surge to about 60,000 cubic m per second by about Tuesday.

The reservoir level was at 159.46m as of Monday, down from 164.18m about a week ago. Its maximum level is 175m.

(Excerpt) Read more at straitstimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agriculture; chinafloods; farm; threegorges
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Another wave of heavy rain coming over the next three days. Historically, the end of July/begining of August is the peak for their monsoons, but they started early this year, and have been much heavier than normal.

According to the Nikkei Asian Review, the floods in China have already resulted in the displacement 46 million people, and 17 billion in damages.

They cite Nomura, from a research note on Monday, projecting a 0.2 percentage point drop of third-quarter economic growth, and a higher inflation rate in July and August.

Lots of prime farmland is underwater, and those crops are lost.

Another dangerous week ahead.

1 posted on 07/27/2020 7:16:48 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo

Paybacks a bitch.

...although I have nothing personal towards the innocent captives of that communist pit from hell.


2 posted on 07/27/2020 7:19:49 PM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: BeauBo

Appropos of nothing in particular I’m a little chagrined about a .2% drop in GDP versus what the US has done to itself over CV-19.


3 posted on 07/27/2020 7:20:22 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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To: BeauBo

Ink more flood


4 posted on 07/27/2020 7:22:42 PM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: BeauBo

Epoch Times reported:

“Despite U.S. agricultural exports to China falling one-third through May due to trade war retaliation, exports have surged above forecast due to the flooding of 433 rivers across China.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that pork, corn, wheat, cotton, rice, sorghum, and soybean exports to China from July 10 to 16 are trending above the Phase 1 annual rate of $32.9 billion negotiated in January by the Trump Administration.”

...”With China’s monsoon rainfall season running about 46 percent higher than normal, and 17 percent higher than the devastating floods of 1998, about 20 percent of the nation’s arable land is now submerged. This could lead to major crop loss this year, with rice, rapeseed and cotton being the most affected by the floods, according to market analyst firm Seeking Alpha.

Furthermore, the African swine fever pandemic that caused the culling of 180 million infected pigs last year returned as floods unearthed shallow graves and contaminated groundwater.”


5 posted on 07/27/2020 7:23:38 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: bramps

If the worst happens I don’t see the dam bust hurting one commie SOB leader who deserves it.


6 posted on 07/27/2020 7:25:16 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Free the TVs!)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

Appropriate moniker considering your grammar. :)


7 posted on 07/27/2020 7:27:13 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: BeauBo

I wonder if any high ranking CCP officials have purchased any put options on the Chinese Stock Exchanges


8 posted on 07/27/2020 7:28:45 PM PDT by LukeL
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To: BeauBo

Karma


9 posted on 07/27/2020 7:38:22 PM PDT by bobrlbob
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Operation Chastise, part 2?


10 posted on 07/27/2020 7:38:53 PM PDT by redlegplanner ( No Representation without Taxation)
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To: BeauBo

Fruding in China...


11 posted on 07/27/2020 7:40:12 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: BeauBo

“about 20 percent of the nation’s arable land is now submerged.”

What isnt mentioned is that the northern regions crops have burned up from drought. A large per cent of the wheat crop is gone up there.

I can not see any other thing coming but them starting a war to take their populations mind off this whole debacle. That or revolution-I hope it is that.

If they lose 300 million people? So what? They still got over a billion.


12 posted on 07/27/2020 7:47:19 PM PDT by crz
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To: knittnmom

We should probably be ready for another supply shortage.


13 posted on 07/27/2020 7:51:50 PM PDT by Ellendra (A single lie on our side does more damage than a thousand lies on their side.)
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To: BeauBo
I would warn to watch out for empathy-seeking stories out of China as being used to reduce anger towards them. I don't know that for sure of course, but it would fit the pattern of a manipulative regime. Remember -> the dems always have a seed of truth to their major lies.

Why all of a sudden are we reading about the terrible thing happening to the poor Chinese people from a regime that seldom publishes its woes and normally only tries to project strength and the excellence of its government, its perfect infrastructure and it's ability to take care of its people? Again, I'm not guaranteeing this is propaganda, but if I'm a manipulative regime doing damage control for Covid, and I can't hide my lies about Covid, I can at least play myself off as some kind of sympathy-generating-victim of something else terrible and awful and woe-is-me-dont-hate-me-Im-in-pain.

Maybe. Maybe not.

14 posted on 07/27/2020 7:53:38 PM PDT by tinyowl (A is A)
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To: BeauBo

When the Three Gorges dam blows cue up the Led Zeppelin.


15 posted on 07/27/2020 7:54:10 PM PDT by dennisw
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16 posted on 07/27/2020 8:04:33 PM PDT by xp38
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; 2ndDivisionVet; azishot; ...

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17 posted on 07/27/2020 8:22:25 PM PDT by bitt (Let justice be done though the heavens fall - Fiat justitia ruat caelum)
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To: BeauBo
Here's a past/now comparison:
18 posted on 07/27/2020 8:23:06 PM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba ("It's a lie. It's all lies.")
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To: BeauBo

Farm damages yet to be seen. Lots of bad news to come.


19 posted on 07/27/2020 8:42:55 PM PDT by Shark24
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To: crz
45 million starved to death during the Great Leap Forward. The CCP still remained in power. No matter how bad the suffering of the common people, the CCP will still stay in power.

Most evil regime in human history.

20 posted on 07/27/2020 8:47:07 PM PDT by Left2Right (Keep America Great!)
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