Floods, Landslides, Mudslides Hit China, Many Villages Gone, Millions Homeless. The heaviest rainfall in a single day reached 492.5 millimeters---almost the total annual rainfall of some northern provinces.
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Floods, Landslides, Mudslides Hit China, Many Villages Gone, Millions Homeless
Recently, Shimen County in Changde, Hunan, faced an extremely rare, record-breaking downpour. Floods, Landslides, Mudslides Hit China, Many Villages Gone, Millions Homeless It far exceeded the standard for extreme heavy rain, pouring down like someone had overturned a giant bucket. In a short time, flash floods and mudslides swept through the area. Rivers like Xieshui surged overnight by nine meters, leaving much of the county suddenly submerged and in chaos.
Considering how some second stories were flooding how could that be correct?
I imagine that water grouping into the tighter spots and creating a huge pool that dumps into the lower areas.
The ones on top of the hills experience no flooding, the ones in the valleys get disproportionate amounts. All depends where they built.