Don't like their politics but feel horrible about the weather that they are having. Crops were ruined two months ago and the storms are not letting up.
Lots of photos and video from Reuters:
China evacuates 100,000 as floods threaten heritage site
Floods on the upper reaches of China’s Yangtze river forced authorities to evacuate more than 100,000 people on Tuesday and threatened a 1,200-year-old world heritage site.
Staff, police and volunteers used sandbags to try to protect the 71-metre (233-foot) Leshan Giant Buddha, a UNESCO World Heritage site in southwestern Sichuan province, as muddy flood water rose over its toes for the first time since 1949, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
Sichuan, through which the Yangtze river flows, raised its emergency response to the maximum level on Tuesday to cope with a new round of torrential rainfall.
And to add insult to injury - say hello to my little friend. From The Diplomat:
Typhoon Adds to Southern China’s Rain and Flooding Woes
China suffered a double blow Wednesday of flooding and landslides from unusually heavy seasonal rains and a typhoon that came ashore on its southern coast.
And:
Typhoon Higos drenched Hong Kong overnight before making landfall in Zhuhai, a city in Guangdong province, in the morning with maximum sustained winds of 126 kilometers (78 miles) per hour, China’s National Meteorological Center said.
It weakened to a tropical storm as it moved west toward the neighboring Guangxi region. More than 65,000 people were evacuated, schools were closed, and many fishing boats returned to port along the coast, according to Chinese media reports.
Maybe when they see how well centralized government deals with this, they will rethink their politics. Really nice people, shitty government.
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