On 9 August, Typhoon White Dolphin arrived on China’s eastern coast, breaking rainfall records as far inland as Henan province. One weather station in the county of Lushan saw more than half its annual average rain fall in 24 hours. Flood warnings were issued and trains halted. Sudden localised events like this are hard to predict. In August last year, a flash flood in the usually arid Yuzhong, Gansu province killed 32 people and caused CNY 2.5 …
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