China's Climate Code Red

In two weeks, China was hit by three tropical storms that brought devastating disaster. It was the heaviest rain in the last 140 years that has been linked to climate change.

The following article was translated using both Microsoft Azure Open AI and Google Translation AI.

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The rescue team used rubber boats to evacuate residents trapped in floods in Zhuozhou in Hebei Province, China on Wednesday (2/8/2023). Beijing recorded the heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years.

Tropical storm Doksuri on the southeastern coast of China, Friday (28/7/2023), continued as Beijing was hit by the heaviest rain in the last 140 years.

In the past few days, visual images of flooding have taken over the land and settlements in several provinces in China after heavy rain, including cars floating around, circulating in the media. Such is the situation in some parts of China.

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Some parties have reported that the weather-related disaster (hydro-meteorology) in China over the past week has affected more than 120 million people. Dozens of people have been reported dead or missing. Hundreds of flights have been canceled.

The climate code red in China, according to a number of expressions of concern in this US superpower competitor country. Many did not expect that the capital city of China, Beijing, would be affected by such severe floods and landslides. Chinese President Xi Jinping also called for a rescue operation "all out".

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The impact of the largest flood caused by the heaviest rainfall in 140 years in Beijing, China, on Tuesday (1/8/2023).

Amidst the ongoing massive rescue, cleanup, and emergency response operations, a new threat warning has emerged. Relentlessly, the tropical storm Khanun is headed towards eastern China after causing the evacuation of 600,000 residents of the Okinawa Islands, Japan.

The trajectory of typhoon Khanun should be anticipated, as it reaches wind speeds of 220 kilometers per hour or category 4, one level below the most severe category. Khanun will become the sixth typhoon to hit China throughout the year 2023.

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In early February, the China National Climate Center, quoted from the China Dialogue, gave an overview of the future impacts of weather and climate in China, especially when linked to global climate change. The situation is said to be getting towards ”relatively poor” alias bad.

The climate authority stated that extreme weather in China is expected to become more frequent and severe. Temperature trends during spring, summer, and autumn are also continuing to rise. Floods and droughts should also be anticipated.

Residents provided aid after a major flood in Zhuozhou, Hebei Province, China, on Wednesday (2/8/20230).

The recommendation is for the east/south coast to strengthen defenses against tropical storms, on the north side to be on alert for heavy flooding and landslides, while on the west side to watch for geological disasters. In the past week, the warning has been confirmed, especially on the south, east and north sides of China.

In the global climate dialogue arena, China, which is called one of the major global emitters as its industry rapidly develops, refuses to commit to changing its industrial "engine" to be based on new, renewable energy like developed countries. China insists that the carbon footprint of developed countries is bigger because it emits first.

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China's role and position is very important in order to halt the rate of global warming and ensure that the average increase in global temperature is no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to the average temperature of the earth since the pre-Eastern era. -industry.

Without real joint action to reduce global emissions, the world will be filled with code red. Concerns about hydrometeorological disasters such as in China will become more frequent.