Seems like they HAD nice cars
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farmerjan
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The weather channel has had lots of pictures and videos of the flooding... your referenced video may have been one of them. It is unbelievable the amount of water they got and the flooding and devastation. 26 inches in less than 24 hours or something. I would have been beyond hysterical to have been in the subways there.... and I guess that there were dams that broke also. Cannot imagine the guy in the car with the muddy water coming up over the side windows and windshield.
Also the devastating flooding in Germany and Belgium.... houses washed away and roads and hillsides collapsed.
Also the devastating flooding in Germany and Belgium.... houses washed away and roads and hillsides collapsed.
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HDRider
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This seems unlikely, unbelievably low
(CNN)At least 33 people have died and eight remain missing in central China, as authorities ramp up rescue and recovery efforts following devastating floods that submerged entire neighborhoods, trapped passengers in subway cars, caused landslides and overwhelmed dams and rivers.
Torrential rains have battered Henan province since last weekend, displacing hundreds of thousands of people and causing 1.22 billion yuan (about $190 million) of economic damage, Henan authorities said Thursday.
Home to 99 million residents, Henan is one of China's most populous and poorest provinces, with large swathes of farmlands and factories.
(CNN)At least 33 people have died and eight remain missing in central China, as authorities ramp up rescue and recovery efforts following devastating floods that submerged entire neighborhoods, trapped passengers in subway cars, caused landslides and overwhelmed dams and rivers.
Torrential rains have battered Henan province since last weekend, displacing hundreds of thousands of people and causing 1.22 billion yuan (about $190 million) of economic damage, Henan authorities said Thursday.
Home to 99 million residents, Henan is one of China's most populous and poorest provinces, with large swathes of farmlands and factories.
greybeard
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Monsoon season. Not an unusual event at all but it's difficult to describe monsoon to anyone that hasn't experienced it first hand. It's like being under a gigantic showerhead with bigger holes in the head, and closer together and it just doesn't stop. The droplets are bigger than in a tropical storm, closer together, and usually not wind driven .. it's just a constant downpour that lasts for several months, all fueled by the warming of the Indian Ocean. As forest Gump said "big fat rain". I've had plenty experience with both and our tropical storms don't hold a candle to monsoon season. Monsoon is the reason traditional Asians developed and wear this kind of hat. We called them coolie hats. Shade in summer and an umbrella you don't have to hold in monsoon.
China has built a lot of dams to control flooding but the problem with a lake is once it's full, every drop of rain that falls on the water shed after full capacity has to be released.
