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BEIJING (Reuters) -For years, Gao enjoyed a big apartment in scenic west Beijing and an E-Class Mercedes-Benz. Raging floods, caused by storms that followed Typhoon Doksuri, destroyed his ground-floor apartment and washed his Merc away. Gao's apartment is in Mentougou, about 40 km from the heart of Beijing, where the capital's first two flood-related casualties were recorded.
Flooding in and around the Chinese capital of Beijing has killed at least 20 people, state media reported Tuesday, after days of heavy rain.
Dams and reservoirs often serve several purposes, including flood control. Karl Specht/U.S. Department of EnergyThe arduous task of cleaning up from catastrophic flooding is underway across the Northeast after storms stretched the region’s flood control systems nearly to the breaking point. As rising global temperatures make extreme storms more common, the nation’s dams and reservoirs – crucial to keeping communities dry – are being tested. California and states along the Mississippi River have
Their myth: “We know that warmer air can hold more moisture, and moisture is a key ingredient to heavy rainfall, so it stands to reason that a warmer environment overall is capable of generating more extreme rainfall.”
Ancient Buddhist murals and statues in caves along China’s Silk Road are under “direct threat” from extreme rainfall brought by climate change, researchers have found.