NEW - Two dams in China’s inner Mongolia collapsed after heavy rain.pic.twitter.com/C6p7GHkTgP
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NEW - Two dams in China’s inner Mongolia collapsed after heavy rain.pic.twitter.com/C6p7GHkTgP
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Two dams in China's northwestern region of Inner Mongolia have collapsed after torrential rain, the water ministry said on Monday, highlighting the safety risks posed by ageing infrastructure during the summer flood season.
The dams, in the Inner Mongolian city of Hulunbuir, collapsed on Sunday afternoon. They had formed reservoirs with a combined water storage capacity of 46 million cubic metres, the Ministry of Water Resources said.
People living downstream were evacuated, with no casualties reported, it said.
The ministry said that on average, 87 millimetres of rain fell in Hulunbuir over the weekend and as much as 223 millimetres at the Morin Dawa monitoring station.
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Hulunbuir's city government said on its WeChat account that 16,660 people have been affected, with 326,622 mu (53,807 acres) of farmland submerged. Bridges and other transport infrastructure had also been destroyed.
Footage posted on Chinese social media showed one of the dams being completely swept away by the water, inundating nearby fields.
China has more than 98,000 reservoirs used to regulate floods, generate power and facilitate shipping. More than 80% of them are four decades old or older, and some pose a safety risk, the government has acknowledged.
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A lack of financial resources means that nearly a third of the total number have not had mandatory safety appraisals completed, Wei Shanzhong, deputy water resources minister, told a briefing this year.
It's a feature, not a glitch.aggiehawg said:NEW - Two dams in China’s inner Mongolia collapsed after heavy rain.pic.twitter.com/C6p7GHkTgP
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In the first few seconds of the video "no injuries were reported"...maybe so, maybe not, but how could anyone believe this??aggiehawg said:
Pollution. Go watch older movies with broad shots of LA or New York in 70s and early 80s. Smog was awful.Quote:
Also, does the sun ever shine in China? Every image or video I ever see seems to be hazy, overcast and utterly depressing.
Problem is, it won't harm anyone in power.Jbob04 said:
Good. Wipe em out
A lot of farmland wiped out. Will be some food shortages in that area. Not to mention power will be out for awhile.Boo Weekley said:Problem is, it won't harm anyone in power.Jbob04 said:
Good. Wipe em out
I am just saying, this doesn't hurt any of the CCP. This just hurts innocent rural people. It was in response to the "good, wipe em out" post.aggiehawg said:A lot of farmland wiped out. Will be some food shortages in that area. Not to mention power will be out for awhile.Boo Weekley said:Problem is, it won't harm anyone in power.Jbob04 said:
Good. Wipe em out
Looks like White Rock Lake dam in East Dallas.aggiehawg said:Quote:
Two dams in China's northwestern region of Inner Mongolia have collapsed after torrential rain, the water ministry said on Monday, highlighting the safety risks posed by ageing infrastructure during the summer flood season.
The dams, in the Inner Mongolian city of Hulunbuir, collapsed on Sunday afternoon. They had formed reservoirs with a combined water storage capacity of 46 million cubic metres, the Ministry of Water Resources said.
People living downstream were evacuated, with no casualties reported, it said.
The ministry said that on average, 87 millimetres of rain fell in Hulunbuir over the weekend and as much as 223 millimetres at the Morin Dawa monitoring station.Quote:
Hulunbuir's city government said on its WeChat account that 16,660 people have been affected, with 326,622 mu (53,807 acres) of farmland submerged. Bridges and other transport infrastructure had also been destroyed.
Footage posted on Chinese social media showed one of the dams being completely swept away by the water, inundating nearby fields.
China has more than 98,000 reservoirs used to regulate floods, generate power and facilitate shipping. More than 80% of them are four decades old or older, and some pose a safety risk, the government has acknowledged.LinkQuote:
A lack of financial resources means that nearly a third of the total number have not had mandatory safety appraisals completed, Wei Shanzhong, deputy water resources minister, told a briefing this year.
That doesn't appear to be a safe place to watch that, to me.
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May be time for another virus release. That's what happened last year while under national food rationing.aggiehawg said:A lot of farmland wiped out. Will be some food shortages in that area. Not to mention power will be out for awhile.Boo Weekley said:Problem is, it won't harm anyone in power.Jbob04 said:
Good. Wipe em out
Boo Weekley said:In the first few seconds of the video "no injuries were reported"...maybe so, maybe not, but how could anyone believe this??aggiehawg said:
Also, does the sun ever shine in China? Every image or video I ever see seems to be hazy, overcast and utterly depressing.