Maximum alert all morning on Tuesday April 23 in Shenzhen. This Chinese city of 17.7 million inhabitants, like the rest of the Guangdong province (south of the country), has suffered torrential rains since Thursday April 18. Although the red alert has been lifted, the situation remains catastrophic in the region.
Miles of towns and countryside are under brown water. She went up to the road signs. Torrents of mud even flowed down the mountains, carrying away everything in their path.
Authorities fear “floods of the century” in a region with 127 million inhabitants; one of the most powerful in China, economically speaking. There are tens of thousands of factories where Chinese products sent all over the world are manufactured, particularly those related to telephony.
More than 100,000 people have been evacuated. For the moment, the authorities are speaking of 4 dead and 10 missing, but given the images the toll may rise.
These floods support the UN report published Monday April 22. He points out that theAsia was the region most affected by natural disasters linked to climate change in 2023. 80% of these natural disasters are floods and storms, according to the World Meteorological Organization, a UN body.
Asia is warming faster than other regions of the world, notably China. The consequence of this warming is that floods are more frequent and more severe. The rainy season in China usually begins in May.
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