After Typhoon No. 18 "Shadr" made landfall in Zhejiang, China and moved out to sea in Guangdong, the remaining circulation miraculously reintegrated and hit China again. As a result, Fujian, China was severely affected. In addition to massive floods and landslides, there were also reports today that landslides occurred on the backside of the dam, leading to a dam collapse crisis. Some people even pointed out that snakes were washed onto the road by the floods, causing a panic.
Typhoon No. 18 "Shadr" reintegrated and hit China again, causing continuous heavy rainfall in Fujian, with the cumulative rainfall in some areas reaching nearly 500 millimeters in a single day. According to Chinese media sources, some areas were hit by heavy rainstorms, with more than 100 local roads damaged. In Fuding City under the jurisdiction of Ningde City, there were reports that the Baoxi Reservoir was facing a dam collapse crisis.
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The report pointed out that the total length of the dam is about 90 meters, and the landslide part is close to 40 meters; the thickness of the dam body in the landslide area is only half of the normal value. Once the dam breaks, the downstream may face water with a depth of more than half a meter, and the situation is very urgent. At present, tarpaulins have been laid in some areas to prevent further erosion of the dam body due to subsequent rainfall, and a large number of pumping equipment have been mobilized to carry out flood discharge operations to reduce the pressure on the dam body. At the same time, the evacuation of potentially affected areas has also been completed in advance.
Chinese media reports mentioned that online news pointed out that some areas of Mindong Hospital in Ningde City were flooded, and there was a rumor in Guancun Community that snakes raised privately by merchants escaped. Later, a staff member of Guancun Community Neighborhood Committee explained that there were no snake breeding shops in the area, and no merchants raised snakes privately. He also pointed out that one side of the community is adjacent to a river, and there are snakes, rats and other wild animals in the river. Affected by the heavy rain, the river water surged and snakes were washed onto the road by floods. This was not the escape of privately raised snakes as reported online.
X's well-known account "Teacher Li is not your teacher", which often shares current affairs in China, also shared multiple scenes and pointed out that due to heavy rainfall today, part of the embankments of the Mulan River in Putian, Fujian Province collapsed, causing a large amount of floods to flow directly into surrounding villages. Among them, Yuantou Village, Huating Town, Xiang District, Putian City, was severely affected. Some trapped villagers and their families issued an emergency call for help. Many villagers and elderly people in the village were trapped due to floods and urgently needed rescue forces to intervene.
"Teacher Li is not your teacher" also pointed out that severe water accumulation and flooding occurred in the Putian Xianhudong area due to heavy rainfall. A large amount of floodwaters have submerged surrounding low-lying roads, and nearby mountains are also in danger of landslides due to continuous rainfall.
