中国・北京近辺の大洪水

　先日の「我々は北京の濠である」「自慢気に言うことかそれ」（2023-08-05）の、微妙にあと記事。

BBC China floods: Torrential rains in Hebei province leave 10 dead 6 Aug 2023　By Charlene Anne Rodrigues

「At least 10 people have died and 18 are missing after torrential rains battered Hebei province in northern China.

Officials evacuated more than half its 11.5 million people by noon (04:00 GMT) on Saturday from areas thought to be at high risk of landslides and floods.」

　ざっくり600万人規模を避難させて、それで死者は「少なくとも10人」というのは、まあなんというか。18人は行方不明。

「In July alone, China's Ministry of Emergency Management said that it recorded 142 people dead or missing because of the extreme weather.」

　7月いっぱいで142名の死亡を記録した、と。

　140年ぶりの大水害でござるぞ？　本当にそれで済んでるでござるか？　という気持ちでいっぱいにはなる。

BBC Typhoon Doksuri: Alarming pictures show floods in China, Philippines 6 Aug 2023

「Storms bearing unusually torrential rain and ferocious winds this early in the north Pacific typhoon season have flooded large swathes of East Asia, with China among the countries worst hit.

In the capital of Beijing alone, the amount of rain over the past week has broken a 140-year-old record.」

「At least 10 people have died and 18 are missing, and officials have evacuated millions of people.」