Massive floods force mass evacuations in China's Guangdong province | DW News 

"What is the situation in the flooded zone of China" Well Jim, things are wet and there is a lot of water.

Once in a century event? I think last year and the year before that This event occured

This is a feel-good story for DW...

The emissions from their refusal to stop building coal fired power stations doesn't help

The water cannon they throw to the Filipinos goes back to them.

Once in a century event? The same floods happened last year, at the exact same time in the Guangdong province. In fact it happened twice last year. First was in spring, then later in September 2023, when Typhoon Haikui came in and flooded the entire east coast from Guangdong all the way up to Beijing. Then it also happened in 2022, too. Remember when hundreds of cars were trapped inside the tunnel when the floods came and the Chinese said only 8 people died when in reality it was thousands.

you want more water...then you have it

Once in a century flood means the government can't deal with it because it is only 70 years old? 😂

Once in a century event every few months in China. Seems like a failure of governance... Earthquake, floods, even snowfall can cause sports hall to collapse due to once in a century snowfall..

It's scary to think about how floods like this are just going to become more and more frequent, widespread and severe.

the CCP did this those dams where not supposed to be built !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When you claim the entire sea and build artificial island,the sea will claim your land and make it an artificial ocean...

Ccp calls it a swimming pool with Chinese characteristic

Seems the CCP has lost the Mandate of Heaven.

As a Filipino who decries all of the bullying being done upon our country by your country , I still send my best wishes for safety & health to all the citizens of the mainland. What your government does to try and annex other countries by force ….is not your fault. * That said, you all deserve a whole lot better , yet, you still seem to accept the feckless “Party-first, people-last“ government foisted upon you…oh well. You can’t help everyone…

“You can tell the greatness of a civilization not by their Grand buildings or their lavish goods but by the quality of their sewer system. A strong foundation is the key to success” These greedy real estate developers have screwed so many of the Chinese people.

😢 keepsafe everyone.

China is undoubtedly having some very major floods this past 2 or 3 years! Quite extraordinary

Many once in a century events lately. Curious.

Mother nature always wins, eventually.

Keep bullying small countries. Karma is inevitable

Decent coverage as always; however, maybe help/ask/direct Phoebe Kong/her producer to do the remote from somewhere besides in front of a busy intersection? The movement isn't, say, water and is both not relevant and distracting all at once. I recall there's that big Victoria Harbour that looks pretty and could provide some background separation.

Karma

At least they warned them this time.

I lived in China in 2003 and flooding was commonplace in June and July. I remember the waters rose 40-50 feet over night! I have since learned that it was likely a dam discharge or failure that caused the water to raise so quickly in conjunction with the rain. But I remember commenting when I arrived in China about all the brown lines on all the shop walls that was about 3 feet high...it was the highwater mark that happened every year. This flood is earlier than it normally is, and probably worse than it was 20 years ago. Between climate change, deforestation and building in flood prone places, this is the norm for China.

In 2023, China has continued a coal power plant permitting spree that started in 2022. The first half of 2023 saw 52 gigawatts (GW) of new coal power permitted, maintaining the previous rhythm of permitting two coal power plants per week. One gigawatt is the equivalent of one large coal power plant.Coal power plant commissioning also doubled year-on-year, with 17.1 GW added to the grid in the first half of 2023. This is the first time that the results of the accelerated permitting of new projects and restarting of suspended projects in 2020 are seen.

Praying for the people xo

Yes

High Tide from the sea they claim

KARMA, KARMA, SANA MABURA NA KAYO SA MAPA.

So many skyscrapers. Beautiful city.

Сколько в комментариях издевок и смеха над несчастными людьми! Вы так уверенны, что завтра буйство природы не придет к вам? Или выживете на другой планете?

Nature is crying.

Yeah

Could be yearly regularity

The on-the-scene reporter was not ready for prime time.

I heard record weather disaster last year. This year new record again. The world is making new records every year, good thing.

4 people..... you mean 30.000?

Funny how once in a century events seem to be happening every year these days.

china should thank mother nature for expanding the south china sea

How about reforestation in the area? Is the Chinese government even looking at that?

Homeless can now move into millions of empty apartments. Auto industry gets another boost too! A “win-win” as Chinese often say!

Karma - we have been repeatedly warned and did not listen

I like the fact that all of a sudden everywhere just started flooding ....first Russia then Dubai now China

This is a terrible disaster. It will be interesting to see how effective the government can be when it's actually needed.

Time to build out renewables, extremely swiftly.

China where rain or shine the skies are grey

Bless the souls these are the revelations unfolding

heavens mandate says NO TO XI PINGPING👋👋👋👈👈👈👌👌👌

Those buildings going to sink now?

Are your facts correct? There’s a flood almost every month. Where’s the evacuation?

😅If the west say equal rights for everyone on earth. Carbon emission should be measured by per capital as this is the right way to measure. Carbon Emissions per capita: Canada 18.51 Australia 17.10 United States 15.52 Russia 11.44 China 7.38 India 1.91

India be like give me some rain to beat unbreakable heat wave

Germany too. Germany hit by floods after rainfall hits record highs Rivers have burst their banks in several parts of the country, with the start of the school year postponed and the armed forces called in. Published on January 5, 2024.

This is what happens when you play God

Before dubai...now china...who is next?

West Ph Sea: You want me? Ok i will go to your Country 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

DW, in case you didn't know, Hong Kong experienced the worst rainfall since records began (once in 500 year event, for shorthand cos records don't stretch back that long) leading to massive clogging and floods. And the effects are zero as of today.

It is probably that the local government used the phrase '百年一遇', which indeed means 'once in a century' literally, but no one uses it that way. People say it when referring to something 'really rare', in a bit exaggerated way. When this phrase was translated to other languages, however, it was translated literally, so it sounds a bit odd. In the original context, they just want to say that this amount of rain is unusual. Well, I guess.

😅 Want BYD U8 ? In fact, on social media, the most discussed on this incident was not the flood. Is the video of BYD waterproof car model U8 passing through without any problems. Where the Tesla Model 3 was stuck.

If only they could make evs affordable for the masses and be able to use household plugs to charge we will all be using it no doubt

What china feels right now.

In germany koran rules over domestic law 😂😂

China has had flooding problems since before the Yellow Emperor. The will figure out a way to divert the water to water reservoirs. Water is important for agriculture.

Only 4 dead damn even the rain is low quality hahahah

Even the china military might cannot prevent flooding brought about by the Mother Nature. Perhaps a great equalizer in this increasing tilting balance of power in the indo pacific region.

And nothing of value was lost?

You can tell how lazy the journalism here is when they referred to it as a Once in a Century event. Pathetic. . .

I still remember that Taiwan leader donated US$30K to 20 million flood stricken families in China twenty years ago. That following year, China donated US$30,001 to thousands of earthquake-hit families in Taiwan.

Once in 100 year event, happens almost every week somewhere in the world!! Ask yourself are we in a Climate Crisis. If you say No you need to see a Psychiatrist

I need money

Can't understand her

CC commitment ? 29-3-2024, Biden’s $7.5 billion investment in EV charging has only produced 7 stations in two years. After two years, that program has only delivered seven open charging stations with a total of 38 spots where drivers can charge their vehicles, according to a spokesperson for the Federal Highway Administration. (The funding should be enough to build up to 20,000 charging spots or around 5,000 stations, according to analysis from the EV policy analyst group Atlas Public Policy.)

Its not China alone. Its also some countries in Africa

😔

Remember floodings in Germany few years back???

Nature fixing accountability to “ biggest polluters “ of the world..

I always thought no one was allowed to film in China.

Ok

65.7

Karma is real

They want sea. God has fulfilled their wish😂

❤❤❤

Guangdong is trade city of China, just holiday for a few days

deforestation in progress,this flood desasters will occur more frequent

Phobe Kong is hottie😊😍😘

Bye

Sul do brasil está da mesma forma, possivelmente um sinal da volta de Cristo.

China will learn about karma one day.

6.5

Our Almighty God protects us from the Land of Pirates. 🤍💛💙♥️ He is with us!! My heartfelt prayers for our beloved country the "Pearl of the Orient Seas"!! Long live 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭 !

they want to invade the seas so the sea came to them

Perhaps they should consider that climate change hit Asia the hardest in 2023 because China is the biggest polluter at this point That sort of happens when you have lax environmental laws to attract foreign investment

Might be extended of South China Sea.

CCP waether forecast shows it is sunny and no rain - What am I missing ?

Send NATO into Ukraine!

the payback for destroying nature in wps

Reservoirs provide multiple benefits to the country. Most notably water storage and flood control. These are competing purposes. The control of these functions must be given to an entity relatively free of political pressure. Otherwise disaster ensues!! If water storage is given priority over flood control, floods are inevitable. I do not see the CCP under Xi being capable of providing the kind of rational balancing of these competing needs necessary to maintain safety. Unfortunately the beleaguered Chinese people will suffer periodic calamities until a sane political entity assumes control. The CCP will continue to foist disaster after disaster upon the people, and cover up their errors, hoping to maintain their stranglehold on power.

Spanz city

she speak English ?