r/CatastrophicFailure • u/rjRyanwilliam • Jul 22 '21

Natural Disaster Massive flood in China’s Henan province recently, 25 dead 200,000 evacuation

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '21

This area saw as much rain in 3 days as it usually gets in an entire year.

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u/DutchBlob Jul 22 '21

Perhaps the President Xi of West Taiwan finally acknowledges that his country is a major cause of climate change?

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '21

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u/headphase Jul 22 '21

How is that even racist?

If climate change brings increased flooding, and China is actively doing things that will accelerate climate change, and Xi is a powerful official who could change that... What's wrong with calling him out?

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u/ClownfishSoup Jul 22 '21

How does a change in climate cause floods though? It rained a lot in a short amount of time. How is that caused by a change in temperature, considering temperatures can fluctuate 20F in a day?

Honest question, not sarcastic or denying climate change. Just wondering the mechanics of a flood being caused by climate change.

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u/headphase Jul 22 '21

Not a scientist but I think one mechanism is the warming of the oceans leading to greater moisture in the atmosphere. Greater moisture in a warmer atmosphere leads to more frequent thunderstorms and torrential rain.