It is interesting to note that one of the cities hardest hit by the flood is Wuhan, ground zero for the pandemic that has since spread around the world. Wuhan is home to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz : Jul 15, 2020  Breaking Israel News

(China) — [Breakingisraelnews.com] After several weeks of denial, the Chinese government may have finally acknowledged that a Biblical 40-day flood is a serious problem. But it may already be too late as the overburdened Three Gorges Dam endangers 400 million people. (Photo Credit: Shutterstock/ via Breaking Israel News)

Over the past weeks, the average precipitation in the Yangtze River basin reached a record high since 1961. China’s ministry of water resources said flood alerts had been raised for 433 rivers in the country since early June, including 33 where water levels have broken historical records.

Flood control authorities said on Monday that over 140 people are already missing or dead, and nearly 38 million people have been evacuated. Floodwaters destroyed 8.72 million acres of farmland, 28,000 homes, and in many cases submerged entire towns.

Authorities raised the flood-control response to Level 1 on Sunday, the highest of a four-level emergency response, after the Yangtze River and Poyang Lake…

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