So Sad: China’s furious flash floods: A collapsed bridge left hundreds missing and at least twenty dead.

So Sad: China’s furious flash floods: A collapsed bridge left hundreds missing and at least twenty dead.

July 21, Beijing Following a week of catastrophic downpours throughout the nation, state media reported yesterday that flash floods in northern and southwest China have killed at least 20 people and left scores more missing.

At least 12 people were murdered and another 30 were reported missing when a bridge collapsed in northwest Shaanxi province late on Friday, sending several cars into an enlarging river, according to state news agency Xinhua.

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According to Xinhua’s first investigations, the city of Shangluo saw 17 cars and 8 trucks tumble into the river.

Images on state television displayed the water pouring over a portion of the bridge that was half submerged.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged “all-out rescue and relief efforts” to find those still missing. Meanwhile, in southwestern Sichuan province, more than 30 people were reported missing on Saturday after a violent thunderstorm caused flash flooding overnight in the town of Ya’an. As of Saturday evening, eight bodies had been recovered, and four people had been rescued without serious injuries, according to local media. The witness, who went by the surname Meng, said that as he approached the bridge, other drivers began “yelling at me to brake and stop the car.” The witness said that a truck in front of him didn’t stop and plunged into the water.

On Friday, state media had reported at least five people dead and eight missing after the rains sparked flooding and mudslides in Shaanxi’s Baoji city.

State television broadcast images of neighbourhoods completely flooded by muddy water, with excavators and residents attempting to clear the damage.

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This week’s severe rains also affected Henan, in central China, and Gansu, a semi-desert region bordering Shaanxi.

The beginning of the week saw the equivalent of a year’s worth of rain fall in Nanyang, Henan, according to CCTV.

And according to Xinhua, landslides caused by heavy rain in Sichuan province on Friday resulted in the deaths of two persons and the disappearance of seven more.

China is experiencing extremely hot weather this summer, with heavy rains falling in the east and south while most of the north has been scorching in many heatwaves.

Scientists claim that greenhouse gas emissions are exacerbating climate change, which is causing an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events.

A southern Chinese highway collapsed in May following days of