July 20, 2003
(Clearwisdom.net July 20 News) Jiang's regime has persecuted Falun Gong for four years already, from 1999 to the present. In these four years, natural and man-made calamities kept happening. This year, drought in northern China recurred, following droughts in the past several years. This was followed by the terrifying, life-claiming SARS disaster and then by the flood in the Huai River Valley, which caused huge losses. Now Hua'nan (southern China) and Huadong (eastern China) are experiencing a widespread heat wave.
It is the heavens that keep sending warnings to people. From ancient times until the present, for all the dynasties in history, her rulers' moral conduct closely related to the calamities that had befallen them. In the present era, for four years Jiang's regime has been and is still persecuting people who cultivate the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance. That has lead to four years of frequent, strange omens and natural calamities all over China.
Flood Caused Serious Losses in Anhui Province
In Anhui Province alone, floods have affected about 34.78 million mu of farmland. From those, 9.67 million are a total agricultural loss. Up to 27 million people were affected by the flood. In the Huai River Valley, up to 30.34 million mu of farmland were hit by the flood and 22 million people were affected. People close to the disaster pointed out that this year's flood in the Huai River Valley exceeded the flood in 1991 in both the main riverbed water level and in its maximum rate of flow in the middle and lower reaches of the Huai River.
Flood Situations in Southwest China are Still Intense
From July 11 to July 16, 40 counties/cities in Shaanxi Province experienced precipitation; the southern areas of Shaanxi Province experienced heavy rainstorms. This was the eighth extensive rainfall since the beginning of the flood season this year and also the heaviest one. The flood caused roadbeds to collapse and halted traffic along sections of Route 108 that runs across the country.
In Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province, rainstorms caused mud and rock slides which resulted in six deaths and four people missing. On the evening of July 13, the eastern areas of Guangyuan City started to experience local, heavy rainstorms. On the evening of July 14, these rainstorms spread to the west; at 8:00 p.m. on July 15, most of the northeastern areas and the southwest areas of the city experienced widespread or heavy rainstorms.
Rainstorms and Hail
On July 12, extremely heavy rainstorms and hail pelted Mulan Township and Jian'guo Township in Mulan County, Heilongjiang Province and caused two deaths. Reports said that, according to the measurement and calculation, momentary wind gusts reached Level 8; the largest hail reached three-centimeter-sized pellets (over one inch). Two farmers who were hit by the hail died. This extremely serious natural calamity experienced in Mulan County is the heaviest one of their records.
Since May 29, Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province, has continuously experienced rainstorms. Precipitation reached 240 millimeters, which was 2.6 times the precipitation of the same season in previous history. Because of these frequent rainstorms and lightning, reportedly 11 people had died as a result of flooding, lightning and drowning, and 19 people were wounded. These numbers of casualties were rare in recent years.
Heat Wave in Hunan Province
The temperature in Hunan Province kept climbing recently. At 3:19 p.m. yesterday, Changsha City experienced extremely high temperatures of 39.1ooo
Record High Temperatures in Fujian Province in 42 Years
On July 14, Fujian Province experienced the most widespread high temperature weather this summer. The highest temperatures in 45 counties/cities exceeded 38oooooo
Hong Kong July Temperature Reached a Record High in History
From July 1 to July 16, the observatory recorded an average temperature of 29.9oo
Persisting Heat Wave in Jiangxi Province Resulted in Serious Drought
Since July 1, most areas in Jiangxi Province had clear, high temperature weather for over two weeks. Between July 14 and July 16, the highest daytime temperature in 53 counties/cities exceeded 40ooo
Widespread High Temperatures in Guangdong Province
Since July 1, 18 counties/cities in Guangdong Province have experienced temperatures exceeding 35oo
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