Gathering monsoon challenges China afresh, flash floods hit its struggling economy hard

Gathering monsoon challenges China afresh, flash floods hit its struggling economy hard

Extreme rainfall and severe flooding, which meteorologists link to climate change, increasingly pose major challenges for policymakers as they threaten to overwhelm ageing flood defences, displace millions, and wreak havoc on China’s $2.8 trillion agricultural sector

A resident cleans up a street after heavy rainfall led to flooding, in Huaiji county of Zhaoqing, Guangdong province, China. Reuters