China Is Drowning As Country Battles Through Worst Flood In Over A Century [Video]
China’s rainy season has hit in a terrifying torrential fashion, with the country experiencing the worst flooding in history according to records dating back 140 years.
Director of the Beijing-based NGO the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, Ma Jun, has warned China that this kind of unexpected natural disaster is very much linked to growing climate change threats. “China has suffered unprecedented extreme heatwaves since last year… this year, there are record-breaking high temperatures in Northern China … These heatwaves are linked to global warming, and this is what most climate scientists around the world tend to agree,” Jun explained.
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