# hong kong flooding

Small city southeast of Beijing typifies plight of flood-hit region as top official vows to serve as 'moat for the capital' | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP » A small city in China’s Hebei province, where some 130,000 people have been hit by torrential flooding, illustrates the plight of residents in the region around Beijing, which recorded its heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years after Typhoon Doksuri swept through. Zhuozhou, with a population of around 718,000, is sited to the southeast of Beijing […] Hongkongfp.com

Rayada specialty: the forgotten resource of elite features of rice » Crop domestication and thereafter gradual selection or directional breeding have narrowed the genetic diversity of elite varieties and even promoted gathering of deleterious mutations in their stress response mechanisms, whereas local ecotypes, landraces… Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Could rising tides put the ‘Venice of Hong Kong’ underwater? » Environmentalists in Hong Kong urge residents to think about the risk their high-energy lifestyles pose to a part of the city most vulnerable to rising tides: Tai O Scmp.com

Super Typhoon Mangkhut, Equivalent To Category 5 Hurricane, Barreling Down On Southeast Asia » As the U.S. East Coast braces for Hurricane Florence, an even stronger super typhoon is barreling down on southeast Asia, with Hong Kong and Macau square in its path. Cbsnews.com

Armed men steal hundreds of rolls of toilet paper in Hong Kong as coronavirus fears spread » Toilet rolls have become a hot commodity since the outbreak of the coronavirus on mainland China. Cbsnews.com

Photos: Natural disasters that plagued the world in 2023 » Natural disasters and extreme weather events killed and displaced tens of thousands of people across the world. Aljazeera.com

Typhoon Utor Kills More Than 100 » Damage In China Estimated At $2.6 Billion Cbsnews.com

Chinese tourists flock to gambling hub Macau for Labour Day holiday » Hundreds of thousands of mainland Chinese visitors have descended on the world's biggest gambling hub of Macau for the Labour Day holiday, packing tightly into its narrow cobblestone streets and placing bets in its glitzy casinos. Reuters.com