Thus, flash floods in the Hunan province in central China led to a landslide that caused the heart-wrenching destruction of a guesthouse where eleven people were buried. Up to Sunday, one person was still unaccounted for, according to the state media.
Naying, the official CCTV broadcaster first reported that there were over 18 people estimated to be under the rubbles of the landslide. That Sunday, Hazzard rescue teams were able to find 11 people dead and another six alive and injured. More than 240 EmergencyServiceMen/Women have been mobilized and search efforts are still being conducted.
Several videos from the state-owned Beijing Youth Daily show how the disaster left a massive area of mud and debris torn through the side of a hill, a tree felled by the flood was lying in front of a three-story store.
This is not the only case of extraordinary events that took place in China during this summer. This month, rain that caused flash floods in the northern and the southwestern provinces of the country killed at least 20 people. In May, as a result of many days of a rainy period, one of the highways located in southern China collapsed and 48 people perished in the related accidents.
According to the experts, climate change is said to have contributed to the high incidence of similar severe and devastating weather conditions. Thus, China has its principal environmental issues but is committed to reaching the maximum level of CO2 emissions in 2030 and net zero by 2060. The country is also the leader in renewable power, it now constructs almost twice as much new solar and wind power as the rest of the globe.
