As of Wednesday, the floods had displaced 490,000 people in Sichuan, damaged 165,000 hectares of cropland, destroyed 2,155 buildings and caused Rmb16.4bn ($2.37bn) in direct economic losses, according to statistics from the official national disaster database.
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August 25, 2020, 03:51 PM
wcb6092
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August 25, 2020, 04:05 PM
Bytes
Dang wcb, that video was difficult to watch. Very hard to comprehend the magnitude of that catastrophe.
September 02, 2020, 03:20 PM
wcb6092
9-1-2020
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September 12, 2020, 10:17 AM
wcb6092
September 11th 2020
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September 12, 2020, 05:12 PM
Fenris
Since the 3G damn hasn't burst, can it at least be said to have reduced the extent of the flooding?
God Bless and Protect our Beloved President, Donald John Trump.
September 12, 2020, 05:20 PM
Lefty Sig
Damn, I helped start up a new plant in Liuzhou, Guangxi several years ago, and have friends there. Also a really good friend in Chengdu, Sichuan, and I'm currently working on a new plant in Chongqing, Sichuan.
September 12, 2020, 10:36 PM
Lefty Sig
Liuzhou friend says it's raining and river is high but no flooding.
Chengdu friend says it's OK now, but government will have to step in a to help fix things. The humanitarian relief agency she works for can't do much. They help kids after disasters building schools and libraries and such.
September 17, 2020, 09:38 AM
wcb6092
Severe flooding causes landslides in Sichuan, China
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September 17, 2020, 01:53 PM
220-9er
The 10,000 year Chinese calendar doesn't start when our does. Even so, this thing lasted about 6000 years less than they said it would.