skyjuiceiswater: The Once-in-100-Year Flood in China

Disclaimer:  This article may stroke the sensitivity of some,  especially when some of news might not have been verified.   But it is  never the intention of this article.  China has a very strong fire-wall.  Many information cannot always be verified.  However,  fake news if spotted will be removed Why this Article?

This article will try to track and share this once-in-100-year event.  The Authorities have known about this event.  It has taken necessary precautions. Hopefully,  there will be little or no damages.  In the process,  we will learn something.

Which Article Said Once-in-100-Years?

This news artical said "Red Alert Warning.  Once-100-Year Strong Rain Attack.  Many Areas and Roads Have Been Flooded or Collapsed"

https://www.163.com/dy/article/GC53KD5S0514EGPO.html?f=post2020_dy_recommends

The Authorities only said this year's flood might be one of the worse. Lets find out the truth. Time will tell.

What Has Happended So Far?

The flooding season in China usually started as early as in May and will end around October.  The worst time will be during August & September.  This year's flooding appears to have started early.  Some areas were flooded in April.    ZheJiang areas had extreme weather conditions during April & May.  The lastest flooding appears in GuangDong Province.   Many rivers have excessive rising water level.  YangTze regions appears to be calm so far with no serious flooding.

Here are some news (select from drop-down box)

26 May 2021: 71 rivers exceeding warning level

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chin...ce=twitter

27 May 2021 : Prediction about 2021 flood which is going to be worse than 1981-1984. It is so much worse than 2020. The market was expecting the price of cotton and crop to rise due to this massive flooding problem. The map was trying to explain why there was this flooding problem.

https://twitter.com/QMHedging/status/139...7290555392

2 June 2021 : Flooding in Southern China

6 June 2021: Flooding in Zhuhai, Macau and Hong Kong Areas

7 June 2021 : Massive flooding in GuangDong, HuiZhou, DongGuan and various other parts of China

9 June 2021: Warning about 89 Rivers having water about warning level

http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2021-0...545913.htm

10 June 2021: Zhuji City in ZheJiang Province having 100 mm of water per hour

10 June 2021 Expert talking about many areas, especially those in the South, have flooding incidents. They said many areas experienced heavy rainfall: Hunan has more than a dozen rounds of heavy rainfall, causing more than 100 counties and cities to be affected to varying degrees; since May, Jiangxi has multiple rounds of continuous heavy rain. The rainfall is much higher than normal; recent heavy rains have occurred in many places in Guangdong, and serious waterlogging has occurred in some urban areas.

https://www.sohu.com/a/471511503_267106

12 June 2021 : 50% wheats was harvested and 64,000 km2 were planted with corns. This is far cry from the 90% harvest of wheats havested last year and 174,000 km2 planted with corns during the same period. China said it will speed up the harvest using machineries. China will have to depend lots on imports if the harvesting is badly affected. According to Rueters, China huge supply stock of wheats has known to peaked in March. No one knows the details about the storage capacity. Nonetheless, China's imports had increased by 45% and corn prices increased by 40%.

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