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title: "Population v/s Nature: Torrential downpour in China"  
description: "After UK and Germany, China is also followed by heavy torrential downpour across some cities. Deaths, devastation and destruction have come to the peak in China"  
author: "Shriyam Srivastava"  
published: 2021-07-22  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/82629/population-v-s-nature-torrential-downpour-in-china  
category: "natural disaster"  
tags: ["china", "flooding"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Population v/s Nature: Torrential downpour in China

The most populous [country in the world](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/4419/top-10-cleanest-country-in-the-world), China, is facing another crisis currently, after the pandemic COVID-19. There are reports of the [highest recorded](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35970/who-has-the-highest-recorded-iq-of-all-time) rainfall and flooding in the *Henan* province of China, followed by *Zhengzhou, Gongyi, and Xinxiang provinces.*

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While **Henan** has been suffering from the displacement of thousands of people, economic loss (about $190 billion); **Zhengzhou** has been the worst-hit province so far with so many deaths and missing reports. Similarly, in **Gongyi** the rainfall [caused the collapse](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/101190/what-caused-the-collapse-of-the-soviet-union) of buildings and the rushing over of vehicles on streets, creating obstacles over the [rescue operations](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/113260/what-are-the-benefits-of-using-swarm-robotics-in-search-and-rescue-operations).

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100s of videos have been made [till now](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40087/which-is-the-best-indian-tv-serial-till-now) which went viral, asking for help. People are unable to survive and authorities are unable to rescue the public from the brutality. The rainfall is cited to being one of the most deadly in thousands of years for as much as **7.8 inches.**

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## The following reasons have been noted for the hazard:

• This torrential downpour in Henan is rare & severe, as told by the authorities. The main reason for this is due to the ***warming of the [atmosphere](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2058/robin-wordsworth-re-creates-the-atmosphere-of-ancient-mars).*** As [climate change](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/299742/climate-change-and-health) is starting to affect the globe now, warming up of Earth’s atmosphere is the leading and most devastating cause behind torrential rainfalls like these.

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• ***The Yellow [River Basin](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33854/which-is-the-largest-river-basin-in-india)*** has several water systems running into Henan which are prone to heavy flooding. As a result of this, the rains affected that area first. Even the province of Zhengzhou has over 12 million [population](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33541/list-top-10-tiger-reserves-in-india-with-maximum-tiger-population) residing near the basin.

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• The widespread ***creation of dams*** across the country has even worsened the situation, causing rivers to directly outpour their water into the mainland.

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• Adding to these, the [connections](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/87707/baba-siddique-murder-news-his-connections-with-underworld) between flood plains and rivers/lakes have been cut, disrupting the absorption of annual summer rainfall by the plains.

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